yet again the flakes, bumms, looser and lazy ones are beeing rewarded !

NEW -> Contingent Buyer Assistance Program
"And you have no idea how hard some people work for their 75K"



yes i do, because i am one of them



"That's great, but why do you care what the people who get the checks spend it on? "



i don't, but i want a check regardless of how i spend it and regardless of how much i make
 
OChomeshopper - lets not lump the startup employees with the others you mention, they take less pay intentionally in exchange for stock options they hope will make a lot of money for them. that is their choice to take that low paying job.





i agree with flmgrip - im not going to get a rebate check at all, i work hard for my money and pay and yes its probably a problem many people would want to have; however, i dont care what problems people would like to have; i pay a heck of a lot in taxes and it would be nice to get some back. like i said before, i dont mind everyone else getting the help, just dont leave me out of it when its my money the govt is giving to everyone else.
 
">So I guess you probably also believe that the flat tax is fair ...



It certainly is better than what we have in place. "



yeah... don't even get me started on that... AMT for e.g. ... don't get tax incentives if paying AMT... don get to contribute to a roth IRA...
 
<p>Taxes: top's good, bottom's good, middle sucks.</p>



Buffett blasts system that lets him pay less tax than secretary



<p>http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/tax/article1996735.ece</p>
 
<p><em>"Mr Buffett, who runs the investment group Berkshire Hathaway and is widely regarded as the world’s most successful investor, said that he was a Democrat because Republicans are more likely to think: “I’m making $80 million a year – God must have intended me to have a lower tax rate.”</em> </p>

<p>LawyerLiz, I thought you would get a chuckle out of this quote.</p>
 
I'm partial to John C. Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group.


http://johncbogle.com/wordpress/bogle-speeches/





<em>"Inflation is like a silent thief in the night that comes, sight unseen, and steals our valuables. Unlike the burglar who takes our visible assets, inflation is much more insidious because it steals something that we can't really see -- our future buying power."</em> -- The Boglehead's Guide to Investing, Pg. 49.
 
Why is a flat tax unfair? That's pretty simple. Right now the poor are too poor and the rich too rich. A flat tax makes the poor poorer and the rich richer. Not fair.
 
In a democracy, tax is whatever the majority wants it to be. If the majority wants taxes as a means to redistribute wealth, then that is what it is. In fact, if the congress and the executive branch passed a law that allows taking all wealth worth over say, $10 million from any individual and giving it to the poor, then that is what will happen.
 
Awgee, the question wasn't about "a" fair tax, but "the" fair tax. Despite the Orwellian name, it is attractive. Essentially "the" fair tax is a consumption tax designed to replace the income tax. ( www.fairtax.org )
 
<p>If you want "a" fair tax, one that will cause screaming by everybody, drop the income tax and replace it with a national property tax. All titled assets are subject: boats, vehicles, houses, financial instruments (stocks, bonds, etc). Very biblical, would only require 3% to balance the bloated budget and start paying the debt off. Once paid off, the rate could drop to the 2% range.</p>

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