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Half of Americans pay no Federal Income Tax

post #1 of 61
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I really suggest America change it motto from "E pluribus unum" to "I want my free lunch"
post #2 of 61
Eh, fuck off. I wasn't aware that the federal income tax was the only tax levy imposed on citizens.
post #3 of 61
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Originally Posted by DerekT View Post
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I really suggest America change it motto from "E pluribus unum" to "I want my free lunch"
Well... ya see the problem is that if you make under a certain amount, you kinda need to spend your money on those aforementioned lunches. And seeing as you're already paying payroll taxes, sales taxes, property taxes (if you're in the odd situation of making very little money and owning property), licenses and fees... well that lunch is hardly free isn't it?

Also, fuck you. Poor people work, too, asshat.
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Why do these working poor have to eat anyway? The Working Classes need to pay their fair share!!! Why can't they just inherit their wealth or be part of an elite group of the citizenry predisposed to built in advantages in regards to education, health care, race, class, etc!
post #5 of 61
Bancroft, you forgot to tell him to go fuck himself.
post #6 of 61
I held that truth to be self evident Mike. But for posterity, yes may he indeed find himself fucked by his own hand. But not in that special, "the wife's away, Busty COPS is on Skinemax...what did I do with that old t-shirt?" kind of way.
post #7 of 61
Terrific. More fodder for idiot tea-baggers to not quite understand yet become totally indignant about.
post #8 of 61
Park Place and Boardwalk win the game once again.
post #9 of 61
What the fuck does that even mean?
post #10 of 61
And three doubles in a row send you to jail.
post #11 of 61
Luxury tax? Fuck this bullshit, let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos.
post #12 of 61
I got a five that says "pass the pepper".
post #13 of 61
Wall Street sure seems to be drawing off the Chance pile lately, amirite?
post #14 of 61
Maybe if these corporate fatcats stopped treating our money like it was monopoly money, something could get done around here!
post #15 of 61
Bank error in America's favor, collect $1.2T.
post #16 of 61
While the Big Corporations sit in their hotels on Park Place and Boardwalk, regular folks like us just get stuck with tiny little houses on Baltic and Mediterranean.
post #17 of 61
And ExxonMobil paid no tax. Frankly, that's the most outrageous to me.
post #18 of 61
Man, those poor people really got it made!
post #19 of 61
They don't even have a thimble to piss in.
post #20 of 61
They're all just hobos hitching a ride on the Reading Railroad.
post #21 of 61
And they smell like B&O.
post #22 of 61
You know what pisses me off? When the same company owns the Electric Company AND the Water Works. FUCK YOU RUPERT MURDOCH!!!!!!
post #23 of 61
Yeah, but they have Free Parking.
post #24 of 61
Aw man, you're always the car, I wanna be the car!
post #25 of 61
Those rich people. Always playing their "Get Out of Jail Free" cards with the judge, or just buying their way out. Not cool.
post #26 of 61
I'm tired of my tax money always being spent on cut-budget monorails!
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I'm tired of my tax money always being spent on cut-budget monorails!
What? You've obviously never been to Ogdenville, Brockway, or North Haverbrook.
post #28 of 61
Are you saying a monorail put them on the map?
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What? You've obviously never been to Ogdenville, Brockville, or North Haverbrook.
Were you sent here by the devil?
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post #31 of 61
I can't even afford a new ring for my pudding can.
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I can't even afford a new ring for my pudding can.
Ohh la la, your majesty. My bindle is threadbare and you're bitching about your pudding cups. I ought to shank you.
post #33 of 61
Goddamned brainless slobs with their cushy jobs...
post #34 of 61
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Christ, Santorum is such a fucking dunce, which is probably why Fox News picked him up. Of course, people will listen to once corrupt ass, he namedropped Jefferson! All the conservatives' pandering buzzwords and namedrops fucking kill me every time.
post #35 of 61
Heh heh heh ... Mule.
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post #37 of 61
I haven't payed Income Tax in years, but next year will probably change that. Depending on what happen I will probably have to pay millions, with some luck.
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I got a five that says "pass the pepper".
Talking monkey?
post #39 of 61
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Originally Posted by Robert Hill View Post
I haven't payed Income Tax in years, but next year will probably change that. Depending on what happen I will probably have to pay millions, with some luck.
What are you doing that you will gross over 5.7 million dollars in one year?
post #40 of 61
Is there a chance the track could bend?
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What are you doing that you will gross over 5.7 million dollars in one year?
The red Pill. The matrix is real! We have started the TV adds in test markets, and by the end of June we should start going national. We have a all natural pill that is good for you( it has a lot of health benefits), and better then Viagra. With a little luck we could be selling a million pulls a week by the end of the year, at $5 US a Pill. I get 20c a pill, but I will take that. I also own part of a Tattoo product company, which our products are going on the shelves of both Wall-mark and Walgreen, in the next couple of months. They are in test markets right now. I own part of an Expo company, and an US/Cuban export company, these are long shot. Also some other things which may or may not pay off.
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Is there a chance the track could bend?
Not on your life, my Hindu* friend.

On a side note, this thread turned out well.



*No racist.
post #43 of 61
"47% of American families of four earn less than $50,000 per year"

Why isn't that the real story?

(I know that stat isn't accurate but it's a lot easier to type than the actual figures)
post #44 of 61
You can use statistics to prove anything that's even remotely true.
post #45 of 61
We have hearsay and conjecture - those are KINDS of evidence!
post #46 of 61
It's not just a matter of a significant plurality of households making less than $50k per year (or whatever the stat is). My wife and I made $140k in 2009. We have no kids. Yet we're getting $3k back from the Fed. We haven't paid Federal Income Tax in years. We also have a very good accountant.
post #47 of 61
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Originally Posted by Devildoubt View Post
And ExxonMobil paid no tax. Frankly, that's the most outrageous to me.
Where did you read that?
post #48 of 61
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Originally Posted by nekkerbee View Post
It's not just a matter of a significant plurality of households making less than $50k per year (or whatever the stat is). My wife and I made $140k in 2009. We have no kids. Yet we're getting $3k back from the Fed. We haven't paid Federal Income Tax in years. We also have a very good accountant.
Wait... when you say "you haven't paid" you don't mean that you have been able to bring your taxable income down to 0$ do you? Do you just mean that you never have to pay MORE than what is already deducted from your paychecks (i.e., amount that you've already paid which is reported on your W-2s)? And if that is what you are saying, that is semi-meaningless, as we have no idea what the government has already collected. How much you are able to bring you taxable income down would be much more interesting.

And if you do mean that you actually bring your taxable income from $140K to 0... what crazy shit are you doing to pull that off?

We just take the standard deductions. I look at the list of things you can deduct on a 1040, and can usually only make it 1/2 to 2/3 of the way there, then just file a 1040A with the standard deductions.
post #49 of 61

Oh Har Dee HAR HAR HAR!

You people are treating this like it's some sort of joke! Don't you get it....there are poor people in this country who are getting something for nothing!

I say we round them up and harvest their organs for those productive members of society who can prove their worth by paying for said organs! Pretty soon we'll have people with three lungs!


And Breast Implants? Try Breast Transplants!
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