Half of the Population of the US pay no income taxes

Discussion in 'Politics' started by 377OHMS, Feb 20, 2012.

  1. Funny that so many of the main issues republicans complain about today republican presidents are responsible for

    Reagan Broke the record for massive deficits and Bush is the one who left Obama a 1.4 trillion dollar deficit.Reagan and the Bushs are responsible for most of the national debt

    Republicans now complain about 50 % not paying taxes,guess whos mostly responsible for that ...







    http://www.heritage.org/research/re...olution-a-big-boost-for-families-and-the-poor



    Reagan's Tax Revolution: A Big Boost for Families and the Poor
    Published on July 25, 1985 by Anna Kondratas


    July 25, 1985

    REAGAN'S TAX REVOLUTION: A BIG BOOST FOR FAMILIES AND THE POOR

    INTRODUCTION

    Ronald Reagan's tax reform plan offers major gains for the working poor. It does so as part of a comprehensive effort to lighten the tax burden on families, correcting in part the anti-family bias of the current tax code.IThe Reagan plan seeks specifically to raise the zero-bracket amount and personal exemptions and to expand the earned income tax credit, thereby improving the lot of the poor and of families. If enacted, the Reagan proposal would ensure that families with income at or below the poverty level no longer paid any federal income tax.

    The federal tax burden on the poor has been increasing for many years. The tax code distressingly has had the same systemic bias against the poor as it has had-against taxpayers in general. Inflation-induced bracket creep, for example, has meant that taxes rise automatically with inflated incomes. Since tax brackets are narrower at lower income levels, and the personal exemption and standard deduction (known as the zero-bracket amount) constitute a larger proportion of income, bracket creep has disproportionately hurt

    This is the third in a series on the President's tax reform plan. It was preceded by "Reagan's Tax Revolution: Ending the Free Ride for State and Local Taxes," Issue Bulletin No. 114, June 14, 1985 and "Reagan's Tax Revolution: Fair Play for Energy," Issue Bulletin No. 115, July 10, 1985. Future studies will examine the plan's impact on international finance and trade, financial institutions, and savings, investment, and risk-taking.

    lower-income taxpayers. This was corrected only partially by the 1981 Tax Act. To make matters worse, while the poverty threshold is indexed to inflation, the tax threshold is not. The result: increasing numbers of Americans have been stung by federal tax liabilities, resulting in an unintended shift of the tax burden toward families, especially larger ones.

    In the 1960s and 1970s, Congress made a number of attempts to eliminate the tax burden on poor families by increasing the personal exemption and standard deduction, or by enacting tax credits such as the earned income tax credit (EITC). Despite these efforts, the real value of the current $1,000 personal exemption is now about half what it was in 1955 and has fallen from 14 percent of median family income in that year to just 4 percent.2Even the EITC lost its impact because it was not indexed for inflation.

    By removing poor families from the tax rolls, the Reagan tax revolution guarantees that they will never reenter those rolls so long. as they are poor. Indexation, already in place for this year, will prevent bracket creep. And the President's tax reform proposes to give a big financial boost to families and the poor.


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    #41     Feb 21, 2012
  2. 377OHMS

    377OHMS

    You live on disability, a SS program. Guess which category you fall into genius.

    And its prey not pray you idiot. Beverly Hillbillys goes to the PI.
     
    #42     Feb 21, 2012
  3. 377OHMS

    377OHMS

    ...who will pay with increasingly fiat currency not to mention that yields will explode. You can only buy bonds from yourself for so long.
     
    #43     Feb 21, 2012
  4. #44     Feb 21, 2012
  5. That would be the best solution.
    That is why it will never happen . God , i hope i am wrong on this one.
     
    #45     Feb 21, 2012
  6. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    There are certainly challenges to the regulatory side (as the SEC and FINRA are worthless) but it would have to be regulated to protect this aspect.
     
    #46     Feb 21, 2012
  7. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Honestly, how long are you going to spam this same thing? Yes, we know how much Reagan spent. Yes, Bush, too. We've all seen how Obama was left with a $1.4 T deficit, and if we didn't see it before, your 400th posting of it shows us it. You leave out the part where Obama spent three times that much after being elected as always, but who cares. What is your point?
     
    #47     Feb 21, 2012
  8. 377OHMS

    377OHMS

    The fact remains. Half of this country pays no income taxes.

    Is that fair? Is it sustainable? Can the rich pay down the deficit?
     
    #48     Feb 21, 2012
  9. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Yeah, but again, so what? It continues to happen. No one has challenged the Fed yet. Printing is at astronomical levels, and yields are near zero.
     
    #49     Feb 21, 2012
  10. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    No, it is a mathematical impossibility.
     
    #50     Feb 21, 2012