Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/15

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]
Subject: [Leica] Geesh - and we though camera people had it tough
From: doubs43 at cox.net (Walker Smith)
Date: Fri Oct 15 09:03:10 2004
 
>
>
>> At this
>> juncture in time, 48% of all working Americans pay ZERO income tax!
>
>That's fascinating.
>
>What is your source for this? Or is this armchair statistics at work?
>  
>
There's nothing ficticious about the number I gave. The following site, 
using data from the Congressional Budget Office was last updated in 2000 
and you don't have to go very deep into it to find a graph showing that 
taxes begin at the mid-40% area and those below that point collect money 
in EIC's that they didn't pay. http://www.allegromedia.com/sugi/taxes/

The specific figure of 48% was the last I'd actually seen specifically 
stated and the information in the report linked above does nothing to 
debunk that figure.

Walker
Replies: Reply from daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Geesh - and we though camera people had it tough)
Reply from mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura) ([Leica] Geesh - and we though camera people had it tough)