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   masterskrain said, 7 months ago

   And heaven forbid the Republicans should do ANYTHING to upset their biggest supporters…like make them pay taxes!
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   Darren Blair said, 7 months ago

   @masterskrain

   Actually, Boehner has proposed closing a number of known loopholes in the tax system as an alternative to a tax hike.
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   His logic is that by closing the loopholes, the government will collect the same amount of tax revenues as a hike would.
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   masterskrain said, 7 months ago

   @Darren Blair

   Yeah, until the 1%ers Tax Lawyers found the NEW Loopholes designed into the system!
   Just remember the deathless words of Leona Helmsley, the “Poster Girl” for the 1%ers;
   “Taxes?? My dear, only the LITTLE people pay taxes!”
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   Ms. Ima said, 7 months ago

   @masterskrain

   No one is stopping the ‘rich’ democrats from paying extra taxes but I have yet to see it happen.
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   mikefive said, 7 months ago

   @Darren Blair

   The loopholes are controlled by the bureaucracy that writes the tax code. I’m having difficulty imagining Congress having the ambition to go through thousands and thousands of pages of tax code and closing specific loopholes although that is probably what needs to be done. Some of those loopholes fall into the “Why is that deductible!?” category.
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   masterskrain said, 7 months ago

   @Ms. Ima

   No one is stopping the ‘rich’ Republicans from paying extra taxes but I have yet to see it happen…
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   Harleyquinn said, 7 months ago

   Obama’s dream. It is an Obama Optical illusion the 1% would only cover what a very, very small part of the gap. but loony libs do not care because they believe it fair. That is all Obama wants. Not jobs. Not revenue, but taking care of the wealth envy class warfare.
   While you loony libs worshiping the guy for trying to stick it to the man, Obama says millionaires billionaires but it will hit anyone making 200,000 and he has changed from 1% to 2% in his rhetoric and reality it is going to hit anyone who is paying taxes!
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   ODon said, 7 months ago

   @mikefive

   Rather than go through thousands of pages of tax code how about if they throw it out in its entirety. Starting from scratch they could craft a simple effective code. They won’t but they could.
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   Clark Kent said, 7 months ago

   Bring back the 75% tax rates on the rich that were in effect during the 1960’s. (JFK lowered them from 91% to 75% but closed most of the loopholes which brought in more money including from his own family) Restore the Glass Steagall act. Restore the estate tax that only hit the wealthy but that the far “right” media convinced people that it would hit them too. Haul the thieves of wall street and the thieving CEO’s into court to be tried for their financial crimes.
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    Gypsy8 said, 7 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    “….No one is stopping the ‘rich’ democrats from paying extra taxes ….”
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    The last bastion of the freeloading conservative nut-cases. You give all your money to the government and I’ll keep all of mine.
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    CasualBrowser said, 7 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    “No one is stopping the ‘rich’ democrats from paying extra taxes but I have yet to see it happen.”
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    You seem to have mistaken the government for a charity.
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    CasualBrowser said, 7 months ago

    @ODon

    “Rather than go through thousands of pages of tax code how about if they throw it out in its entirety. Starting from scratch they could craft a simple effective code. They won’t but they could.”
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    Agreed. Unfortunately, most of the proposals I’ve heard of are TOO simple, sacrificing fiscal resposibility, or fairness, for the sake of simplicity.
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    masterskrain said, 7 months ago

    @CasualBrowser

    Actually, the ideal Republican based "Tax Code " would have forms like this;
    Line 1. How much did you make last year?
    Line 2. How much do you have left?
    Line 3. Send in Line 2.
    Line 4. If you made over $250.000 last year, ignore Line 1,2, and 3, and keep everything you made.
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    Harleyquinn said, 7 months ago

    @ODon

    Rather than go through thousands of pages of tax code how about if they throw it out in its entirety. Starting from scratch they could craft a simple effective code. They won’t but they could.

    I agree! FAIR TAX! www.fairtax.org
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    DrCanuck said, 7 months ago

    @Darren Blair

    Darren Blair said, “Actually, Boehner has proposed closing a number of known loopholes in the tax system…”

    
    He proposed it but he’d never ever DO it. It’s just talk.
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