The Last 4 Years.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by Darrell Green Fan

It's no secret that the ultra rich pay very little in taxes, as I have posted in the other thread Trump literally bragged about it. Well some of feel that is very very wrong.

Originally Posted by Darrell Green Fan

You make a fair point however as I said in my edited post (you are too quick for me) it's no secret that the ultra wealthy have ways to pay very little in taxes. Trump literally bragged about it and said it was smart and if you don't like it get the laws changed, which I totally agree with. However something is terribly wrong when a man like Donald Trump paid far less in taxes than you did. So I'm voting for the person who will fight to change that.

Outside of the tax rate themselves, the tax code is definitely one big, convoluted cluster-fuck that benefits the wealthy. They have the money to bribe the politicians to write favorable tax codes and they have the money to pay high-profile accountants/tax preparers to avoid as many taxes as possible once its time to pay. I agree w/ you, that this definitely isn't right.

But politicians write all of these tax codes, including Kamala Harris. Democrats are just as responsible as writing all the bullshit tax-codes as republicans are. I don't buy for a second, that the tax code will change any more with her as President, than it did under anyone else. Every democratic presidential candidate says they're going to make these drastic changes. Biden didn't do it, Obama didn't do it, and Harris won't do it either. To be fair to them, I don't even know if it's possible for a president to really do anything anyways, because most of congress also benefits from the current system (both sides). It's just a great talking point you can throw out there every election.

If she wins and actually manages to accomplish that, then I'll tip my hat to her. But it's all political-speak to me until proven otherwise.

Give me a flat tax, with no write-offs or anything. No one pays any taxes on the 1st 50K they make or 100k for joint filers, then everything above that is taxed at 25% (give or take a couple % points). That's it, that's the tax code. Of course it will never pass because then both sides can't use taxes as a political weapon, all the rich fuckers can't bribe anyone, and politicians don't get their kickbacks.

The main reason I'm conservative is I don't trust our federal government. I want as limited as a government as possible, including things like drastically simplyfying the tax code.