I'm sure the people who received the $190,000,000,000.00 in cash would agree.Was much much better
also the drug traffickers at the border.
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I'm sure the people who received the $190,000,000,000.00 in cash would agree.Was much much better
The drug traffickers didn't just go away. Fox News just isn't running constant stories on them anymore.I'm sure the people who received the $190,000,000,000.00 in cash would agree.
also the drug traffickers at the border.
Saudi Arabia literally funded the 9/11 terrorists and we give them billions of dollars in aid.They helped back the attack on 911. They aided the forces we were fighting. I dont understand why we owed them any money
Last time I checked, the Saudi’s are paying us billions and billions of dollars for arms and our protection against Iran. No clue where the statement about financial aid comes from.Saudi Arabia literally funded the 9/11 terrorists and we give them billions of dollars in aid.
Are you saying he is wrong?I doubt you truly know what self-reliance is.
He drives on the roads we paid for, uses the utilities that only exist because a community exists around him, calls the fire department when his house is on fire and the police department when there's a black kid near his lawn. He retires and uses Medicare which negotiates his drug prices for him. He goes for walks in public parks and buys an ice cream cone with money instead of trading his beaver pelts for them like his fore fathers would have. When his bank goes under he doesn't worry because its guaranteed by the government and he invests in a stock market that doesn't get to take advantage of him because we all decided that we would tell stock brokers they would be thrown in jail if they did. He lives on land that was paid for by the federal government and cleared of hostiles for him by its armies. When a war breaks out he doesn't have to go fight in a militia because we pay people to send in his place. When a tornado barrels through his town or a flood engulfs his neighbors we pay for them to rebuild. And I probably pay for his grandkids to go to school even though I have no children of my own.I doubt you truly know what self-reliance is.
Community? Not very far from Commun...istthese are community, shared with others.
Shard services paid for with taxes:
Police
Fire
Roads
As opposed to things I buy for myself:
A house
A car
Health insurance
Life ins
Long term care ins
College tuition
Food
vacations
football tickets
43% of Americans don't pay any income tax, so they don't pay their FAIR share.They make people pay for all of those things in China too ya know. I swear, you're not making a very good argument for yourself not being a commie. Do you kiss Papa Stalin's picture every morning when you wake up?
Except they still pay payroll taxes, state taxes, excise taxes, property taxes, and sales taxes. They also account for so much less wealth than the top 10% that their proportional responsibility is effectively negligible which is why they don't pay federal income tax. Also, a significant portion (about HALF) of that 40% number is retirees who have little in the way of income so they're effectively untaxable for income.43% of Americans don't pay any income tax, so they don't pay their FAIR share.
You are kind of right. They do pay sales tax.Except they still pay payroll taxes, state taxes, excise taxes, property taxes, and sales taxes. They also account for so much less wealth than the top 10% that their proportional responsibility is effectively negligible which is why they don't pay federal income tax. Also, a significant portion (about HALF) of that 40% number is retirees who have little in the way of income so they're effectively untaxable for income.
In reality, it's only about 25% of working age people who aren't paying income tax, and we know that on a given year, a significant number of them go unemployed and some do things like be housewives... so the actual number of working age people who pay no federal income tax out of shear poverty an even smaller percentage of the population.
This election is clear.
Republican - Watch Democracy fall.
Democrat - Give Democracy a chance.
ALL WE ARE SAAAAAYIIIIING IS GIVE DEMOCRACY A CHANCCCCCCEEEE!FIFY
Not my words. Our system has been corrupted, by a biased media, and an obcessed democrat party.FIFY
Not my words. Our system has been corrupted, by a biased media, and an obcessed democrat party.
Keep my name out of your mouth! I have been civil and put up with your up to this point. The gloves will come off eventually!I think shon and atufan are
And now, President Trump.
You really want a guy in office that won't say he will allow a peaceful transfer of power if he loses?
You and shon must be paid actors.
I'm really curious how that's calculated. They say it went as low as 16% in the 60's. Does that mean that only around 16% of people were retired in the 60's and that no poor people were not paying income taxes? Or does it mean that people in the 60's who were taking SS in the 60's tended to stay employed? That seems like a low number. Of course, you're going to see a drastic increase in non-payers as baby boomers retire since they're such a large portion of our population (in comparison to the moving average size of other generations)For those who are interested here's a fairly detailed article on federal income taxes and the changes over the past 40 years or so
A Growing Percentage of Americans Have Zero Income Tax Liability
Does America have a progressive tax code? As fewer Americans pay income taxes, the remaining taxpayers shoulder a greater share of the burden.taxfoundation.org
Keep my name out of your mouth! I have been civil and put up with your up to this point. The gloves will come off eventually!
I agree that that's the cause for an increase, but I don't necessarily agree with the historical data accounting for ALL of the Americans who didn't pay federal income taxes. We have nearly 20% who file now, but don't pay payroll taxes according to the data (retirees). I couldn't imagine that there were Americans in the 60's and 80's who were paying income taxes but making poverty level wages, and because 16% overall not paying income taxes in the 60's and 80's would mean that nearly all of those not paying income taxes were retirees and EVERYONE else was... which just seems implausible to me.The article seems pretty clear in that it's a combination of an aging population and the significant increase in tax credits for low income individuals
I'll also add that the hiquest quintile might be paying a greater share of the taxes today, but they're also receiving a greater share of the income as well.
The EITC only qualifies for people with Children, while yes the number of single parents has risen in that time, has it been to the extent that there are so few single-non-parents that they are statistically irrelevant?
I'd also like to point out on a related, but tangential note that: Yes, the highest quintile of earners are paying a greater share of the federal income tax... but it's also partially because they've received a greater portion of the national income over time... increasing from 43.3% in 1970 to ~52% in 2019. All while the middle 3 quintiles (people in the top 20-40%, 40-60%, and 60-80%) have all dropped several percentage points in regards to what their share of the overall pie has been. The bottom quintile dropped 1% from 4% of the pie to 3% of the pie.
Household income share of quintiles U.S. 2022 | Statista
About 50.7 percent of the household income of private households in the U.S.www.statista.com
Please excuse me. You are correct.One can qualify for the EITC without having a child.
Please excuse me. You are correct.
At least I'll sometimes admit when I was wrong.... unlike some people....At least you checked. When it comes to history I just assume you're correct and take my lumps
No, but don't like the democrat agenda and the media bias.I think shon and atufan are
And now, President Trump.
You really want a guy in office that won't say he will allow a peaceful transfer of power if he loses?
You and shon must be paid actors.
He types so much better with the gloves off. I'm assuming they are white gloves.Ummm... we're typing, man?
Either way, sounds like I struck a nerve.
This explains a lot about why he’s unable to form rational thoughts...He types so much better with the gloves off. I'm assuming they are white gloves.
How many tax cuts have Democratic Congresses passed in the last 40 years? Now, compare that to Republican ones.Biden, "We can do this, we will tax the rich"
Hey, Joe, the rich don't pay taxes. You should know this, after all you spent 43 years in congress helping to create our tax code full of exemptions and deductions. Now you want to take it back.
How about we quit blaming the rich and address the real issue why are there people who arent? We've had the war on poverty for 60 years. We have more poor now. Whats the definition of insanity? Maybe we need a different approach.