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The past couple of weeks have really been a lesson in FUD. I have politically active family members on both sides of the line, and its amazing to hear how diffe
by icey 18y ago
The past couple of weeks have really been a lesson in FUD. I have politically active family members on both sides of the line, and its amazing to hear how different every policy sounds from each of them.
- anamax 18y ago> The past couple of weeks have really been a lesson in FUD. I have politically active family members on both sides of the line, and its amazing to hear how different every policy sounds from each of them. The fact that different people see the same thing differently does not imply FUD. An elephant from its rider's perspective is very different from an elephant as seen by an ant.
- tptacek 18y agoIf you see it from the perspective of, "for every dollar I make over $250k, I have to give $2 to the liberals", the issue isn't one of perspective.
- kenver 18y agoI thought it was a 4% increase on the marginal rate, which is currently 35%. I was also under the impression that the top rate only applied to salary over 349k, not 250k. So if you're on less than that there will be no change, and over that you will be paying 4 cents more per dollar, which desn't sound that bad to me, but then again I won't be paying it!
- anamax 18y ago4% on 35% is 10% more taxes. Yes, that's marginal, but you're forgetting the phase-outs for various deductions and credits. They can push the marginal rates up quite a bit. Most of the ones that I know about are at less than $250k.
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