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shakran · 08-10-2004, 09:05 PM

no, the middle class by and large can't afford a personal accountant to help them exploit loopholes. The rich can. Doesn't make the middle class dumb.

Now, you classified yourself as being above the poverty level. You also mentioned that you took $2,000 from the government last year rather than paying them anything.

Surely you're not going to sit there and tell me that that was the intention when the tax code was written. Sure, it works out great for you, but SOMEONE's gotta take up the burden. As you mentioned, it's gonna be a middle class guy because the rich (and apparantly you) have either the knowledge or the ability to hire someone with the knowledge to sluff their tax burden off on someone else.

That is bullshit, and that's where the tax reform needs to start. Close the loopholes so that at the very least the government is not paying people at tax time.

08-10-2004, 09:05 PM	#44 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	no, the middle class by and large can't afford a personal accountant to help them exploit loopholes. The rich can. Doesn't make the middle class dumb. Now, you classified yourself as being above the poverty level. You also mentioned that you took $2,000 from the government last year rather than paying them anything. Surely you're not going to sit there and tell me that that was the intention when the tax code was written. Sure, it works out great for you, but SOMEONE's gotta take up the burden. As you mentioned, it's gonna be a middle class guy because the rich (and apparantly you) have either the knowledge or the ability to hire someone with the knowledge to sluff their tax burden off on someone else. That is bullshit, and that's where the tax reform needs to start. Close the loopholes so that at the very least the government is not paying people at tax time.