Re: Tax Cuts & Redistribution of Wealth


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Ran across an interesting article in the paper yesterday on this
topic...the following are some excerpts from that article......discuss
amongst yourselves....



Taxes: A Fair Share for Everyone



Jonah Goldberg.National Review



<snip of campaign discussions of tax cuts/redistribution>


All taxation redistributes wealth. The question is which direction is it
redistributed to and whose pocket does it come out of. When 1% of the
people own 90% of the wealth I'd say that is almost as succesful as
wealth redistribution can possibly get.

Paul

The proposed tax increase will be baed on income--future earnings--not on
what has accumulated (well, except for the estate tax, which, I believe,
was temporarily reduced but set to expire anyway).

The data I have always heard is that the wealthiest 1% has 50% of the
wealth...unfortunately, we can only tax their dividends from this.


And the tax rate on those dividends will remain at 15%. It's a sweet deal
and I have no idea what they are bitching about. Their increase will be
quite nominal. How many people making a million a year even get paid in W2
wages? I'd wager none if they were smart.

Paul


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