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Topic: Neo-Supply-Side Economics, or "Trickle-Up" Econ  (Read 3217 times)
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« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2010, 07:44:55 PM »
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Buffett Tells ABC Rich Americans Should Be Paying `a Lot' More in Taxes

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-21/warren-buffett-tells-abc-rich-people-should-pay-more-in-taxes.html

Ask him why then did he donate his mega-billions to a charitable foundation rather than paying the estate tax.

He is sheltering a lot of tax dollars with the resulting charitable contribution.

Would he agree to a big tax on just billionaires?
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« Reply #16 on: November 22, 2010, 09:24:13 AM »
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This Bloomberg article got it WRONG.

"The legislation would retain lower tax rates and increased credits that apply only to the first $250,000 of a married couple’s gross income or $200,000 of a single person’s."


Gross income is the amount recorded on line 37 of IRS form 1040.

Federal income taxes are not based on line 37.

1040 Line 43 is the TAXABLE INCOME. Taxable income over $250K/year will increase.

Your family may have a gross income of $1 million/year.  No matter. You may owe $0 in taxes. It's the taxable portion that counts.

Generally speaking, no family with a gross income of less than $280,000/year and a deduction on a mortgage will pay any more in federal taxes.



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