No, we pay a lot more in taxes. We pay federal income tax along with all those other taxes you mentioned. We might have more disposable income after that, but we pay a higher %
I was speaking about the individuals who are complaining about this behind closed doors - Romney and the like - who pay a low teens % of their income in taxes.
...unless I misinterpreted which part you're responding to, in which case I just took a quick look, and apologies. Social Security benefits are taxed at a federal level over 25,000.
what does it mean to "pay no federal income tax"?
18/09/2012 06:30:28 PM
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Wrong
18/09/2012 06:37:07 PM
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Additional categories
18/09/2012 06:51:46 PM
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SS income is very much taxed, my friend
18/09/2012 06:59:28 PM
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Re: SS income is very much taxed, my friend
18/09/2012 07:22:35 PM
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Is that true?
18/09/2012 06:54:33 PM
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No, it's not. See my post (you should really have read it first
) *NM*
18/09/2012 07:00:07 PM
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Looking at that chart you linked, I have some questions.
18/09/2012 07:05:24 PM
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I think the reasoning is that since they go to entitlement programs, it's not entirely a tax.
18/09/2012 10:55:12 PM
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Does that mean the correct number is that 27.6%?
18/09/2012 07:17:46 PM
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That is correct - some folks have such negative income taxes, it offsets payroll as well.
19/09/2012 05:28:07 AM
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If it helps, here's a graph of effective federal tax rate by quintile, all taxes (data from 2007)
19/09/2012 08:30:37 AM
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While we're talking about taxes, am I the only one who doesn't give a rat's ass about Romney's?
18/09/2012 10:37:12 PM
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That sort of thing does matter to me
18/09/2012 10:48:30 PM
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Ah, yeah, not so much for me.
18/09/2012 11:16:56 PM
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I am a BIT curious whether he took the IRS amnesty for tax dodging in 2009.
18/09/2012 11:32:31 PM
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As an outside observer ...
19/09/2012 01:28:13 AM
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Re: As an outside observer ...
19/09/2012 04:45:11 AM
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the question of legality has already been covered by the offshore accounts though....
19/09/2012 05:44:28 AM
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Eh, those already exist, if people bothered to look
19/09/2012 08:08:35 AM
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Those are toothless examples, no bite to them and old news so no shock value aspect
19/09/2012 08:44:01 AM
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The stat is valid, because of tax credits the GOP created/expanded for the overtaxed middle class.
18/09/2012 11:22:13 PM
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I think you got it wrong:
19/09/2012 01:52:30 AM
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+1 - you are correct, moondog screwed the pooch with this post. *NM*
19/09/2012 05:18:19 AM
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Washington Post similar to Anonymous', but shows how many people get each credit.
19/09/2012 06:45:08 PM
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