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ironphoenix) wrote2008-09-16 01:05 pm
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This graph says it all, really.1 Republicans are for the rich. It's that simple.
Why do so many poor and middle-class people vote for them?
1: Well, not really. It doesn't show the cuts to social programs that the Republican tax plan necessarily implies because of the reduction in net tax revenues, which generally hit low-income folks harder.
Why do so many poor and middle-class people vote for them?
1: Well, not really. It doesn't show the cuts to social programs that the Republican tax plan necessarily implies because of the reduction in net tax revenues, which generally hit low-income folks harder.
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Minimum livable depends on where you live. Compare housing prices in Ottawa, ON and say, Riverside-Albert, NB.
Overall, instead of a flat tax, I prefer a smooth subsidy-tax curve which crosses a zero-tax, zero-subsidy point somewhere significantly above the bare minimum survival level, in order to provide a positive incentive to low-income people while ensuring that zero-income people can survive.