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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] US taxes, was: [ot] alternative fuels
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:19:57 -0400
And some of us (perhaps most) will consider that Bill's argument is 
factual and neither disingenuous nor fallacious.  The tax system is 
clearly progressive.  It's just not as "progressive" as you'd like it to 
be.  The fact that you personally don't like it doesn't make it 
fallacious or disingenuous.

Chuck Norcutt


Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
>>
>> The top 10% of those paying federal income tax, pay approximately  
>> 65%  of all
>> personal income tax paid.  The bottom 50% of those earning income,   
>> pay less
>> than 5% of all personal income taxes paid.  That leaves about 30%   
>> of all
>> personal income taxes to be paid by the remaining 40% of income   
>> earners.
> 
> Can't you see how disingenuous this is, Bill? I'm not saying YOU'RE  
> disingenuous, just this argument, which I'll assume you did not make  
> up by yourself.
> 
> The fallacy of this argument is that you are comparing proportions of  
> all taxes paid, rather than taxes paid as a percentage of income.

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