Comments on: Where Your Taxes are Going http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/04/16/where-your-taxes-are-going/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: SJ http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/04/16/where-your-taxes-are-going/comment-page-1/#comment-4006 SJ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:09:54 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=3241#comment-4006 Actually, it's a slightly less lobsided... http://www.ctj.org/pdf/taxday2009.pdf Actually, it’s a slightly less lobsided…

http://www.ctj.org/pdf/taxday2009.pdf

]]> By: SJ http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/04/16/where-your-taxes-are-going/comment-page-1/#comment-3995 SJ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:03:29 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=3241#comment-3995 Uhh... doesn't some group have to pay more than the income they make -___-. Now all you need is a diagram showing the cost to the government, in terms of services used/taken/etc to judge fairness. That's a lot harder now isn't it =) Uhh… doesn’t some group have to pay more than the income they make -___-.

Now all you need is a diagram showing the cost to the government, in terms of services used/taken/etc to judge fairness.

That’s a lot harder now isn’t it =)

]]> By: Rick Beagle http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/04/16/where-your-taxes-are-going/comment-page-1/#comment-3994 Rick Beagle Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:58:40 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=3241#comment-3994 The reason that the liberals haven't responded is because this is an incomplete picture, and I repeat, when you government puts into practice laws and a tax code that broadens the separation between the wealthiest of Americans and the poorest, you get an unfair distribution of wealth. Personally, I want a flat tax system but with zero loopholes. Mainly because I am lazy, and figuring out a % is fairly straightforward for me. Just for argument, what was the tax rate on your wealth under Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton, Bush 2, and now Obama? There is a great article on this at Politico, let me see if I can find it.... Which brings me to another point, why in the heck haven't you been complaining about the spending and debt creation over the last three decades?! Look at our military spending versus our school expenditures? Anyone think that's a good balance for our future? What about those billion dollar no bid contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan? There was a pallet of money (billion) that just disappeared, where was your anger at that?! In conclusion, as a country we got looted by the Bush Administration for Trillions of dollars, and you are mad because the poorest in our nation don't pay enough taxes? You know those "let them eat cake" comments are always so helpful, especially when they include pretty bars and graphs.... Peace. Rick Beagle The reason that the liberals haven’t responded is because this is an incomplete picture, and I repeat, when you government puts into practice laws and a tax code that broadens the separation between the wealthiest of Americans and the poorest, you get an unfair distribution of wealth. Personally, I want a flat tax system but with zero loopholes. Mainly because I am lazy, and figuring out a % is fairly straightforward for me.

Just for argument, what was the tax rate on your wealth under Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton, Bush 2, and now Obama? There is a great article on this at Politico, let me see if I can find it….

Which brings me to another point, why in the heck haven’t you been complaining about the spending and debt creation over the last three decades?! Look at our military spending versus our school expenditures? Anyone think that’s a good balance for our future? What about those billion dollar no bid contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan? There was a pallet of money (billion) that just disappeared, where was your anger at that?!

In conclusion, as a country we got looted by the Bush Administration for Trillions of dollars, and you are mad because the poorest in our nation don’t pay enough taxes? You know those “let them eat cake” comments are always so helpful, especially when they include pretty bars and graphs….

Peace.
Rick Beagle

]]> By: Melissa http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/04/16/where-your-taxes-are-going/comment-page-1/#comment-3992 Melissa Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:33:49 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=3241#comment-3992 I usually notice a healthy sprinking of obnoxious dissenters (usually of a left-minded slant) commenting on your articles almost immediately. Ummm... why the silence, Libs...? I know... actual facts are MEAN. YOU GO, MR TOUGH MONEY LOVE!!! I usually notice a healthy sprinking of obnoxious dissenters (usually of a left-minded slant) commenting on your articles almost immediately.
Ummm… why the silence, Libs…?
I know… actual facts are MEAN.
YOU GO, MR TOUGH MONEY LOVE!!!

]]> By: Doctor S http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/04/16/where-your-taxes-are-going/comment-page-1/#comment-3991 Doctor S Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:02:47 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=3241#comment-3991 Great visual you provided us with Mr TML. Do they have archived breakdowns of past years as well? Great visual you provided us with Mr TML. Do they have archived breakdowns of past years as well?

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