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**EspanaCamsInfo** · 10-21-2011, 08:38 PM

Well, see here's the deal.

One of the crying calls from Republicans/Tea Partiers is that nearly half the population pays NO federal income tax.

Under 9-9-9...they'd pay, basically 18% tax (9% of what they make and 9% of what they spend).

If they are currently not pay ANY tax...there is no way 9-9-9 does not raise taxes on the poor.

IF it is, as Cain claims, revenue neutral...and the poor are paying more...then someone must be paying less. I'm thinking it just might be a guy like me, cuz I'm getting killed in taxes right now...but, the rise in prices due to every level of production paying their 9% I'm sure will just pass those taxes onto guys like me anyway...

You're absolutely right someone will pay more and it's not my argument that nobody will. Caine claims there are poverty provisions in the tax code which is fine I guess. I simply don't flinch a bit if we have a more consistent system in place that levels the playing field. I don't get less votes in our elections than they do so I don't see a problem if I pay percentage-wise an equally proportional amount of my income (although in my mind the ideal number of that is zero) and a proprotional amount of my personal spending at equal levels. I don't want millionaires and billionaires to write me a direct check to level our bank accounts, I want to figure out whatever it was they did to get to that point and see if I can emulate that by earning it myself!

10-21-2011, 08:38 PM	#36
EspanaCamsInfo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Well, see here's the deal. One of the crying calls from Republicans/Tea Partiers is that nearly half the population pays NO federal income tax. Under 9-9-9...they'd pay, basically 18% tax (9% of what they make and 9% of what they spend). If they are currently not pay ANY tax...there is no way 9-9-9 does not raise taxes on the poor. IF it is, as Cain claims, revenue neutral...and the poor are paying more...then someone must be paying less. I'm thinking it just might be a guy like me, cuz I'm getting killed in taxes right now...but, the rise in prices due to every level of production paying their 9% I'm sure will just pass those taxes onto guys like me anyway... You're absolutely right someone will pay more and it's not my argument that nobody will. Caine claims there are poverty provisions in the tax code which is fine I guess. I simply don't flinch a bit if we have a more consistent system in place that levels the playing field. I don't get less votes in our elections than they do so I don't see a problem if I pay percentage-wise an equally proportional amount of my income (although in my mind the ideal number of that is zero) and a proprotional amount of my personal spending at equal levels. I don't want millionaires and billionaires to write me a direct check to level our bank accounts, I want to figure out whatever it was they did to get to that point and see if I can emulate that by earning it myself!
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