Comments on: The good rich and what they cost us http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/ Headlines from the Hot Air authors Tue, 21 May 2013 06:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: cthulhu http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248568 cthulhu Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:21:01 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248568 The charitable deduction should be a credit. So long as government is in the “Good Works” business, instead of living within its Constitutional limits, it should have to compete with other providers of “Good Works” for resources.

]]> By: CW20 http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248464 CW20 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:24:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248464 A consumption tax has the advantage of allowing you to build up your capital, tax free first. If you wish to save.

]]> By: Count to 10 http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248400 Count to 10 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:37:31 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248400 A true flat tax has the advantage of being one of the simplest and least involved taxes to enforce. Most people end up with tax being taken just a few times a month, and there is less distortion of the market. However, what really has to go is the corporate profits tax, which is little more than a doorway to cronyism.

]]> By: MelonCollie http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248374 MelonCollie Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:14:46 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248374

I’m with the flat tax or consumption tax people.

Not both, one or the other.

Fallon on January 16, 2013 at 6:11 PM

Me either, it would be a horrible idea.

]]> By: Fallon http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248370 Fallon Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:11:31 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248370 I’m with the flat tax or consumption tax people.

Not both, one or the other.

]]> By: theperfecteconomist http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248361 theperfecteconomist Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:58:20 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248361

Our admiration for the wealthy hides their shortcomings from our eyes.

an indisputably American trait: respect for great wealth

Dude, how many years have these people been sleeping?

]]> By: astonerii http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248360 astonerii Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:54:02 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248360 In fact, I would say we should pay 200 flat rate taxes. Age 18 and over approximately 240 million people.
Start with one for the
standing military, $3700 dollar a year.
Followed by courts,
Followed by congress,
Followed by the executive branch.
Followed by other constitutionally specified activities.
Then go down the list of extra constitutional activities, ONE by One by One and every single adult in the nation pays the exact same amount of money for each.

]]> By: The Rogue Tomato http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248356 The Rogue Tomato Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:50:36 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248356 Flat tax, or kill the income tax and institute a consumption tax.

]]> By: MelonCollie http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248354 MelonCollie Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:49:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248354 Flat tax or consumption tax, pick one.

Much as I’d personally like the latter I’d gladly settle for a flat tax if I had to.

]]> By: astonerii http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2248353 astonerii Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:46:02 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=238154#comment-2248353 Flat rate tax, every person pays the exact same amount.

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