How is it then that half of all the income tax paid in the US is paid by the top 1%?
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 15, 2016, at 1:27 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > There's the rub. The U.S. Tax Code has become so convoluted that it's no > longer a fair system. > > Those who accrue the most benefits pay the least taxes & they have the > money to buy the politicians to ensure that's not going to change. > >> On 7/15/2016 1:40 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote: >> Nothing wrong with tax. I get far more benefits from my tax money >> than I would by buying the services of same quality in a free >> market. >> You have to start by trusting that you can build a fair system, and >> then go do it. >> Jostein >> >> Den 15. juli 2016 16.21.21 CEST, skrev "P.J. Alling" >> <[email protected]>: >>> If American tax law were imposed upon Americans by a foreign power it >>> would be considered an act of war. The fact that US tax law is >>> accepted >>> even by it's citizens is a wonder in and of itself. Without automated >>> help most US tax professionals couldn't fill out a simple tax return. >>> This in a country who's founding was based in part on a tax rebellion. >>> >>>> On 7/15/2016 2:58 AM, John Coyle wrote: >>>> How can it be right that a person non-resident in the USA since he >>> was 5 >>>> years old, and with no USA-sourced income, AFAIK, be due to pay taxes >>> to the >>>> IRS? In any case, tax offsets probably meant nothing was due in the >>> net. >>>> Typical media beat-up. >>>> >>>> John in Brisbane >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John >>>> Sent: Friday, 15 July 2016 4:36 AM >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: Re: OT: The UK has a new Foreign Minister >>>> >>>>> On 7/14/2016 8:45 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>>>> For those Americans who believe the English have no sense of >>> humo(u)r, >>>>> and for those who think they take their politicians more seriously >>>>> than Americans do, I offer the following: >>>>> >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/jhfue2z >>>>> >>>>> Good to all our friends in the UK. >>>>> >>>>> Dan Matyola >>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>>> >>>> It gets even better. >>>> >>>> >>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/14/britains-new-foreign- >>>> minister-avoided-paying-his-u-s-taxes-for-years/ >>>> >>>> Turns out he's a U.S. citizen who doesn't pay his taxes. >>>> > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
