Comments on: The fiscal cliff could put millions of taxpayers into “AMT shock”

By: kregg

kregg — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:09:27 +0000

I still wanna know who originally had the brilliant idea of paying everyone with a pulse for reproducing with taxpayer money. MelonCollie on December 1, 2012 at 9:11 PM

Hmm ... begins with a the letter D?

By: MelonCollie

MelonCollie — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:11:41 +0000

I have 6 kids and don’t get any child tax credit – I say eliminate it. This is what the people wanted. They deserve to get it good and hard.

besser tot als rot on December 1, 2012 at 11:41 AM

I still wanna know who originally had the brilliant idea of paying everyone with a pulse for reproducing with taxpayer money.

By: greggriffith

greggriffith — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:00:43 +0000

Hey speaking of lunacy, could someone tell the CSS guy that the login link at the bottom of all the threads is obscured by the HA logo?

And, once you’re logged in, the “Submit” button is also obscured.

By: Bulletchaser

Bulletchaser — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:04:13 +0000

Just so you get a feel of how our money has been corrupted, $48,450 equals $305,376.00 in todays dollars. $74,450 in 1969 is equal to $469,252.00 today.

Socialists love inflation, because they can use Envy of those making less to push the progressive taxation, then sit back and wait as the curve flattens. In a few years, the AMT will cover anyone above the poverty line, i.e. everyone, just as they intended from the beginning.

By: kregg

kregg — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:45:40 +0000

Correction: “… collect a tax on you …”

By: kregg

kregg — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:43:39 +0000

In a sane, rational world one would think that a government would say, wealth creators we don't need to collect a tax you because we've already destroyed the value of the dollar and we've collected them through the back door. By the way, good luck collecting on our debt you bureaucratic stink bombs. Our companies are already teetering over the financial deadfall known as the ~~government~~ fascist ~~regulated~~ run banking institution. And no I'm not some delusional twit who smoked a pound of weed back in the day, as did Obama the divider.

By: petefrt

petefrt — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:23:18 +0000

AMT is currently scheduled to hit individuals making as little as $33,750 a year and joint filers making $45,000.

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We are so screwed.

By: BigGator5

BigGator5 — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:12:03 +0000

Let. It. Burn.

By: Night Owl

Night Owl — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:04:38 +0000

You know what needs to be covered more at Hot Air? The fiscal cliff, that’s what.

Chuck Schick on December 1, 2012 at 11:38 AM

What is even more satisfying is reading about it here while simultaneously watching a three hour conference about it on CSPAN, hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center. The guests are people who were involved in the 1990 budget deal, so they can lead today’s politicians away from the dreaded fiscal cliff. Some of them have admitted they don’t actually remember 1990, but hey.

By: kregg

kregg — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:02:21 +0000

“Fiscal cliff” … “AMT shock”!!!!!

That’s pretty much what Obama was going for, you know … “wealth redistribution”.