<p>Guys guys guys...Can't we just all play nice and get back to talking about how high our GPA and SAT scores are?</p>
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am extremely anti "The WHITE man" attitude and " it's the man that's holding us back" but coming from an actual black person, racism/sexism in the work force is very true. But I still don't think this should stop minorities from getting a job</p>
<p>Someone did say it.................................
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wow. your reading comprehension skills are... lacking, to say the least. </p>
<p>read the post again. she wasn't saying that she believes that. she was just using the phrase as a figure of speech.</p>
<p>I was agreeing with that post................</p>
<p>So why did you mention it as an example of someone using it?</p>
<p>What an entertaining thread.</p>
<p>No republican deserves to. Their politics are as outdated as McCain himself. Nothing short of FDR will totally fix America. And if I
U watched face the nation joe biden addressed a lot of this. You would be surpised, remember Down's rational choice theory, we all act out of self interest more than anything else.</p>
<p>@ ThisCouldBeHeavn:</p>
<p>"Are you referring only to income tax, or are you including things like capital gains?"</p>
<p>Federal income tax. I would eliminate the capital gains tax, or at least lower it significantly (Down to ~5-10%, tops).</p>
<p>@ SharkObsessed:</p>
<p>"So you should take what little the poor have and then take even more of what they don't have, ensuring that they will never reach the level of income you speak of?"</p>
<p>No, you would take 10% of their income. The lowest tax bracket is already set at 10% (The</a> Tax Foundation - U.S. Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History, 1913-2009), and the money would go to the government, like all taxes. The rates would be able to lower once the federal deficit is reduced, but you can't cut the taxes without cutting the spending/deficit/debt, so obviously that would need to be done to lower/eliminate taxes.</p>
<p>But how would that be fair? The wealthy get a considerably larger chunk of their income from capital gains. Eliminating the capital gains tax would be a very regressive move.</p>
<p>I'm also curious what a flat 10% tax rate would do to government income. It would probably need to be a lot higher.</p>
<p>Well, as I said earlier I just hate taxes. It's all perspective, but IMO eliminating ANY taxes cannot be considered regressive. The government should not be trying to retain the economic standing through taxation; rather, they should focus on garnering a favorable balance of trade and look much more in the direction of renewable resources, not on taxing the income of anyone, wealthy or not.</p>
<p>I definitely don't like Obama, but I don't think I would want McCain either.</p>
<p>However I do believe McCain is the lesser of two evils.</p>
<p>Also, in the other posts I said that before a tax cut could be instituted (or the flat tax), we would need to take care of the federal deficit. This could be accomplished in numerous ways, and taxation may be necessary to fix the problem (hopefully we wouldn't return to the FDR depression days of a 90% tax rate). However, after we have no more debt we could explore the flat tax, and also cut some programs (or at least federal funding to certain programs [we gives LOADS to the U.N., but I won't even start in on that]) and explore renewable resources (cutting oil payments) and perhaps increase agricultural production (renewable exports). Just some random ideas.</p>
<p>^judging by your location I would expect nothing less haha</p>
<p>Majority of Americans use tax cuts and breaks to pay debt and mortgage, not buy their 5th tv</p>
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Well, as I said earlier I just hate taxes. It's all perspective, but IMO eliminating ANY taxes cannot be considered regressive. The government should not be trying to retain the economic standing through taxation; rather, they should focus on garnering a favorable balance of trade and look much more in the direction of renewable resources, not on taxing the income of anyone, wealthy or not.
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<p>But that ignores the fact that taxes are by nature unbalanced. Income taxes and sales tax are by nature regressive, while capital gains taxes and other licensing (like cars) are generally progressive. These taxes need to be balanced so that the system as a whole is fair. Taking away only one screws with that balance. Obviously if you are opposed to taxes on principle that's a completely different issue.</p>
<p>That could be true as well. Obviously, I'm going to be the one standing there going "NO YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT! SOCIALISTS! SOCIALISTSSSSSSSS!" But that's just because I feel taxes are fundamentally against our principles. But that's the thing- there's not always a right or wrong answer. You could be right, I could be, we could both be- you don't know. And that's the great thing (or the horrible thing, more perspective, yay!) about our government. We can work with almost any different viewpoints.</p>
<p>That said, I still like my ideas better. :)</p>
<p>Afitscher were you referring to my location?</p>
<p>I like progressivism more than reform.</p>
<p>Fromthesouth yes, but I was mostly kidding around</p>