Comments on: Problems with Missouri tax structure

By: locomotivebreath1901

locomotivebreath1901 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:45:17 +0000

Interesting response, yet it’s disparate, like your tax ideal.

And I do think all people are equal!

I think this nation is the best place on earth, despite its flaws, to provide equality of opportunity – not equality of outcome.

I guess that’s the difference between you ‘progressives’ and us conservatives:

Conservatives believe in an egalitarianism of people and hierarchy of ideas, but you libs demand a totally illogical & authoritarian tiered system of people, and a sameness of ideas. (except those ideas not ‘approved’ as PC)

Equality under the law for ALL Americans is what I want.

Not just for poor Americans, or rich Americans, or protected class Americans; ALL Americans.

Equal in the eyes of the Law.

A flat tax is the definition of that equality.

By: Gene W. DeVaux

Gene W. DeVaux — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:28:12 +0000

Locomotivebreath901 would like to see a flat-tax; he thinks that we are all equal so why not pay at the same tax rate? How can he say that we are all equal when there is such a huge disparity in income between the bottom and the top earners in our country. CEOs make hundreds if not thousands of times the earnings of the people who work in their companies. So, using his logic, the poor worker who has a hard time feeding his or her family should pay at the same tax rate as the CEOs and Rush Limbaugh who makes 50 million dollars a year. Tell me how he can justify taxing the poor at the same rate as the rich. The flat tax and the value added tax would destroy the middle class in this country and would only benefit the rich and well to do. If I were him, I’d stop smoking automotives.

By: locomotivebreath1901

locomotivebreath1901 — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:41:17 +0000

I’m no tax expert, but I disagree with SMP’s stats on the tax percentages.

Not sure how he/she/it crunched those figures & rates, but it doesn’t add up to my experience with paying Jeff City’s DOR.

That being said, if there is a complaint about class/income taxation disparity, the only obvious solution is to implement a ~flat tax~ on ALL citizens at ALL levels of gub’mint.

If equality is to mean anything, then let it begin with how the gub’mint taxes its citizens – a flat tax – everyone equal – everyone the same. It is the only truly equitable & fair solution for ALL citizens.