Democrats under-taxed more than Republicans
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Ok, so maybe I have absolutely no proof of my premise, but then neither does a certain blow-hard in his accusation that Bush/Cheney 1040's prove Rich NOT overtaxed.
I would argue that there are plenty of people like shall we say Michael Moore, Barbara Streisand, George Soros, John F. Kerry, Teresa Heinz-Kerry, Bruce Springsteen, most of the actors in Hollywood (think Alec Baldwin, the original Meathead from All in the Family, etc.) and a bunch of others that we can point at. There's Kennedys by the dozens. Clintons too.
All running around taking in plenty of money and not sending even one thin dime extra along to the Government to pay down the debt that we are supposed to be so worried about.
Hell, in the case of Kerry and his wife, we have a wife that was too ignorant to even begin writing checks to help clean up town after a natural disaster (except for her own home and belongings). Try this link: More Heinz-Kerry Hypocrisy
So again, if you want proof that some well-to-do Americans are under-taxed, you better broaden the horizons and stop showing yourself to be nothing more than a Bush-bashin' one-note broken record.
If you really want to solve the problem, then start speaking out in favor of tax system over-haul, abolishment of our stupid rob from the rich (yet leave them tons of deductions and loopholes) give to the poor system. It doesn't work and never has. Smart people make money, and smart people know how to protect it. They build whole businesses on the premise, becoming CPAs, tax Lawyers, etc. All in the effort to make more and keep it.
Don't blame people that pay a lesser percentage, but more total revenue into the system. They have taken advantage of the broken system they helped buy during prior legislative years, and which competing interests have kept imbalanced because it's not in the interest of the political animal to really solve problems.
Just ask the people that are increasingly finding that they are hit with the AMT how much relief they are getting, and how rich they really feel.
I would argue that there are plenty of people like shall we say Michael Moore, Barbara Streisand, George Soros, John F. Kerry, Teresa Heinz-Kerry, Bruce Springsteen, most of the actors in Hollywood (think Alec Baldwin, the original Meathead from All in the Family, etc.) and a bunch of others that we can point at. There's Kennedys by the dozens. Clintons too.
All running around taking in plenty of money and not sending even one thin dime extra along to the Government to pay down the debt that we are supposed to be so worried about.
Hell, in the case of Kerry and his wife, we have a wife that was too ignorant to even begin writing checks to help clean up town after a natural disaster (except for her own home and belongings). Try this link: More Heinz-Kerry Hypocrisy
So again, if you want proof that some well-to-do Americans are under-taxed, you better broaden the horizons and stop showing yourself to be nothing more than a Bush-bashin' one-note broken record.
If you really want to solve the problem, then start speaking out in favor of tax system over-haul, abolishment of our stupid rob from the rich (yet leave them tons of deductions and loopholes) give to the poor system. It doesn't work and never has. Smart people make money, and smart people know how to protect it. They build whole businesses on the premise, becoming CPAs, tax Lawyers, etc. All in the effort to make more and keep it.
Don't blame people that pay a lesser percentage, but more total revenue into the system. They have taken advantage of the broken system they helped buy during prior legislative years, and which competing interests have kept imbalanced because it's not in the interest of the political animal to really solve problems.
Just ask the people that are increasingly finding that they are hit with the AMT how much relief they are getting, and how rich they really feel.