bushwacked Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 As thousands of anti-tax protesters rallied across the nation Wednesday and the president promised tax cuts for most, new data showed that the federal income-tax burden is hovering near its lowest level in three decades for all but the wealthiest Americans. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the average family forked over barely 9 percent of its earnings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 2006, the most recent year for which information is available. The effective tax rate hit its all-time low in 2003 and has crept up only slightly since. Middle-class families — to whom President Obama has delivered even more tax relief since he took office in January — have fared especially well, according to the CBO. The middle fifth of taxpayers, who earned an average of $60,700 per household in 2006, paid 3 percent in federal income tax that year, down from a high of 8.3 percent in 1981. A majority of those surveyed by Gallup last week said the amount of federal income taxes they pay is either "too low" or "about right," compared with 46 percent who said their tax bills are "too high," one of the most positive assessments of the federal tax burden since Gallup began asking the question in 1956. What were Fox News' dog and pony shows yesterday more out of touch with? Reality or mainstream America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Taxes are jacked up in this country, period. I don't think that's what a lot of the protests were about yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Taxes are jacked up in this country, period. I don't think that's what a lot of the protests were about yesterday. Nope those minuscule protests were about this ----> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 What were Fox News' dog and pony shows yesterday more out of touch with? Reality or mainstream America? I believe 2/3rds of mainstream America believe their flashy graphics. Reality(math and hard stuff like that) says otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 new data (from 2006) showed that the federal income-tax burden is hovering near its lowest level in three decades for all but the wealthiest Americans. so bush lowered the overall tax burden on everyone but the wealthy. directly contradicts the prevailing left-wing talking point, but whatever. and this undercuts the point of the tea parties....how exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 $10 Trillion Dollar Deficits. FIST and voice both raised, Carole Rodriguez, 64, joined hundreds of outraged residents in front of City Hall on a recent Friday afternoon to protest a 27 percent property tax increase. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/nyregion...01westnynj.html CHARLESTON -- Even though West Virginia's gas tax is already higher than in surrounding states, one member of the Legislature says he hopes it can be raised even more during next month's extended session. http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=views...p;storyid=56737 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 $10 Trillion Dollar Deficits. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/nyregion...01westnynj.html http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=views...p;storyid=56737 Which have what to do with federal taxes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 Which have what to do with federal taxes? Not much, kind of like yesterday’s protests. Even though tax rates are near all time lows, it doesn’t diminish the Pavlovian effect. Easiest way to get a few squeaky wheels out to protest the jive turkey in the White House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Well done bushwacked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Which have what to do with federal taxes? well for one thing, somebody has to pay that money back someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Not much, kind of like yesterday’s protests. Even though tax rates are near all time lows, it doesn’t diminish the Pavlovian effect. Easiest way to get a few squeaky wheels whitewalls out to protest the jive turkey in the White House. Fixed for accuracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 The huddle is dropping it's rates to $14.95/year. However, there is an email service that is $19.95 and it is mandatory for all subscribers. See how that works? Here is a Million dollars John Edwards, don't give any of that to your mistress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 well for one thing, somebody has to pay that money back someday. People have been telling you this since the Iraq war and tax cuts happened simultaneously, and you're just hopping on the bandwagon now. A lot of Republicans sure have had epiphanies about spending and corruption recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 well for one thing, somebody has to pay that money back someday. Both of those links were discussing state gas taxes and local property taxes. Which, again, have very little, if anything, to do with Obama, the national debt, or federal taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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