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Aileron Flat taxes should be understandable by all. It should not take a CPA to figure out your taxes. Some number that is agreeable by all - 15%, 20% - should be adopted.
No loopholes, special deductions - or exceptions.
ALSO - and I know I will get some flak for this - poor people have to understand: NOTHING is free.
They have to pay something - not so much to get some money back from them, but to instill a new thought in their perception that everything is free - IT AIN'T.
Even if they only have to pay something nominal, they begin to see they have some skin in the game rather than thinking all they have to do is stick their hand out and Uncle Sam will be there with money, phones, and subsidies.
Welfare has to go back to Workfare and there has to be limits set on them so you don't get the situation where you have professional baby makers that can collect $1500 a month per child for foster care (the grandmother files to be the "foster parent" and the whole family lives on government money)
Do the math. You have a woman in her 20s living with her Mother with 8 kids, all on welfare. 8x$1500 a month = $12,000 a month = $144,000 PLUS the free phones, food stamps, etc. and you have a six-figure income for a stay-at-home Mom.
People are playing the System and if you think it's not happening - you're on drugs. Besides tax loopholes for the rich, we need to stop the welfare loopholes for the supposedly "poor". (I don't consider $144,000 a year poor though - do you?)
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Timing is everything. The Oklahoma tornado wiped out the media spotlights on the three scandals of last week - Benghazi, the AP and the IRS scandals. What luck.
But don't worry, all three have legs - and that's the opinion of the mainstream media. The IRS scandal will hopefully bring about real tax reform for everyone. Time for a flat tax instead of 1000s of pages of exceptions, special deductions and narrow exclusions.
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APPLE did not do anything that any other corporation (or individual) would do to shave off their tax bill.
Don't like those loopholes? Fix them and all the other ones that only a few can take advantage of. With the IRS scandal growing on a daily basis, now is the time for tax reform -- REAL tax reform and not just a band-aid.
Congress has to earn its pay - finally - and come up with a real solution. One thing is certain - the IRS cannot handle healthcare administration. Time for radical change and dismantling of big, inefficient bureaucracies.
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It is sad that so many people depend on the mainstream media, Jon Stewart and talking points, instead of digging into some of the facts.
Some low-information voters now are waking up- maybe because some of these scandals are starting to affect them.
If the IRS came down on a lot of left organizations - the ACLU, ACORN, Occupy, I am sure the ACLU would be screaming about the denial of civil rights.
It's sad how many don't really care unless it affects them. So typical. We need an independent prosecutor on some of these scandals. People image of government is being shattered just like it was with Watergate - no different.
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Data_Investor Nice talking point - did you get that from Chris Matthews???
Look at where those attacks were - in a War Zone. Not the same, but good try.
Sorry but it's beyond partisan with Benghazi. They wouldn't have come out with 100 pages of Emails yesterday unless they were worried about all three scandals blowing up. Benghazi might be hung on Hillary, just like the IRS scandal is trying to be hung on a director who was not even in place when these actions (in the IRS) happened.
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blueline - I agree
Where is Hillary Clinton? Sounds like her story about Benghazi is going to be questioned now, just like the "blame the video" talking points Ambassador Rice gave on five different TV shows.
Some people here thought Benghazi was just going to die - not anymore. They are all of a sudden trying to come clean on Benghazi so that the Press will be reading 100 pages of EMails on Benghazi instead of asking more questions on the AP scandal and the IRS scandal.
Looks like Hillary might take the hit - instead of ducking it with her comment of "who cares if it was a terrorist attack?"
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a64hoo - Look to Cincinnati for some more fall guys. That IRS office was supposed to be one of the offices looking into the "conservative" groups. They are talking about the denial of a person's civil rights so it WILL be jail time to some people.
I don't think the Tax Director was even in that position at the time this happened. From what I picked up is that he took office in late 2012 but the actual actions were taken in 2010 and 2011. SO his dismissal is all eyewash. We'll see if anyone really loses their job or if they just get dismissed and then show up in another agency a couple months later.
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deercreek - Funny how the IRS director was going to resign anyway so he really isn't even "taking one for the team". It is not the final action - they are going to have to do a lot more to get out of this one.
As to Benghazi and all those who thought it was a "non-issue" a month or two ago. It's NOW NEWS. Watching Chris Matthews yesterday, he and his guests were talking about all the issues and how it is now a scandal. That made me laugh - for all you devotees of MSBNC, their conversations were exactly what those on FOX were - a COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO! MSNBC is way behind when it comes to reporting "the news".
As for Benghazi - it's a real issue now and with 100 pages coming out yesterday (which they could have given 3 months ago), you can tell they want to deflect the spotlight on the IRS scandal and the AP scandal.
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RIQ - Conflicts have always arisen because people cannot solve things diplomatically and there are some people, like Hitler, who just want to conquer everything. You cannot appease them or talk them into peace.
Look at Britain's Chamberlin - totally clueless in 1939. People need to read up on History. The reason the British won the Battle over Britain was not Chamberlin's plea for peace, it was Churchill's adamant resolve to fight to the last man.
America did not want to "get involved" in WW II. So typical an attitude by many today, yet if you don't get involved, your freedom erodes and eventually disappears completely.
Not everyone on this board understands that or would even pick up arms to defend freedom. Luckily for them, there are many of us who hold a different view.
It is so ironic that you have a very deep feeling for much of what goes on in America today and comment with intensity, but left it cold when you decided to go to Canada.
You forfeited your freedom and maybe now regret that decision. I faced the same issues and I enlisted at 17.
I am no super-patriot by any means, but I came from a huge family of veterans, just like many on this board. I see a lot of hope in the upcoming generations who went to Iraq and Afghanistan.
In Canada as well as Europe there is a lot of "nationalism". We really don't have that in the US, but maybe it will sprout up in the younger generations. They are starting to see that freedom isn't free.
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If Dimon has to step down, I wonder what is severance package will be? I am sure they still have a lot of money left over from all the transaction fees on the subprime mortgage bonds they traded.
With all the other "scandals" popping up, it seems like the big banking fraud is safely "tucked away in history" and as Hillary would say, "it's behind us, who cares?"
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Bob 123 If you don't think this IRS scandal has legs, or the AP snooping doesn't have legs you are sadly mistaken.
People, regardless of party, want to know the truth and once they realize they have been BSed, they want justice. Benghazi isn't going to go away either.
The first thing is to get the spotlight onto the News. The mainstream media did not do that with Benghazi - FOX did. But now, with the latest scandals - especially the one involving the AP, the mainstream media cannot dismiss it anymore - and probably will not dismiss it because in the case of the AP, the mainstream media has been directed hit. It's one thing to hit some conservative organization but this was focused on "the Press". Expect repercussions.
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It is Illinois is where I got the $1500 - your state may be different.
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Flat taxes should be understandable by all. It should not take a CPA to figure out your taxes. Some number that is agreeable by all - 15%, 20% - should be adopted.
No loopholes, special deductions - or exceptions.
ALSO - and I know I will get some flak for this - poor people have to understand: NOTHING is free.
They have to pay something - not so much to get some money back from them, but to instill a new thought in their perception that everything is free - IT AIN'T.
Even if they only have to pay something nominal, they begin to see they have some skin in the game rather than thinking all they have to do is stick their hand out and Uncle Sam will be there with money, phones, and subsidies.
Welfare has to go back to Workfare and there has to be limits set on them so you don't get the situation where you have professional baby makers that can collect $1500 a month per child for foster care (the grandmother files to be the "foster parent" and the whole family lives on government money)
Do the math. You have a woman in her 20s living with her Mother with 8 kids, all on welfare. 8x$1500 a month = $12,000 a month = $144,000 PLUS the free phones, food stamps, etc. and you have a six-figure income for a stay-at-home Mom.
People are playing the System and if you think it's not happening - you're on drugs. Besides tax loopholes for the rich, we need to stop the welfare loopholes for the supposedly "poor". (I don't consider $144,000 a year poor though - do you?)
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You are right on target, but the left has a strategy, "Pray for more tornados" or "pray that Lindsay Lohan rear-ends a Kardashian car."
They need to keep the media spotlight busy. Where is Hillary??
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But don't worry, all three have legs - and that's the opinion of the mainstream media. The IRS scandal will hopefully bring about real tax reform for everyone. Time for a flat tax instead of 1000s of pages of exceptions, special deductions and narrow exclusions.
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Why isn't anyone complaining? They sure were when Bush was in office.
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Don't like those loopholes? Fix them and all the other ones that only a few can take advantage of. With the IRS scandal growing on a daily basis, now is the time for tax reform -- REAL tax reform and not just a band-aid.
Congress has to earn its pay - finally - and come up with a real solution. One thing is certain - the IRS cannot handle healthcare administration. Time for radical change and dismantling of big, inefficient bureaucracies.
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
Some low-information voters now are waking up- maybe because some of these scandals are starting to affect them.
If the IRS came down on a lot of left organizations - the ACLU, ACORN, Occupy, I am sure the ACLU would be screaming about the denial of civil rights.
It's sad how many don't really care unless it affects them. So typical. We need an independent prosecutor on some of these scandals. People image of government is being shattered just like it was with Watergate - no different.
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
Nice talking point - did you get that from Chris Matthews???
Look at where those attacks were - in a War Zone. Not the same, but good try.
Sorry but it's beyond partisan with Benghazi. They wouldn't have come out with 100 pages of Emails yesterday unless they were worried about all three scandals blowing up. Benghazi might be hung on Hillary, just like the IRS scandal is trying to be hung on a director who was not even in place when these actions (in the IRS) happened.
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
Where is Hillary Clinton? Sounds like her story about Benghazi is going to be questioned now, just like the "blame the video" talking points Ambassador Rice gave on five different TV shows.
Some people here thought Benghazi was just going to die - not anymore. They are all of a sudden trying to come clean on Benghazi so that the Press will be reading 100 pages of EMails on Benghazi instead of asking more questions on the AP scandal and the IRS scandal.
Looks like Hillary might take the hit - instead of ducking it with her comment of "who cares if it was a terrorist attack?"
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
Look to Cincinnati for some more fall guys. That IRS office was supposed to be one of the offices looking into the "conservative" groups. They are talking about the denial of a person's civil rights so it WILL be jail time to some people.
I don't think the Tax Director was even in that position at the time this happened. From what I picked up is that he took office in late 2012 but the actual actions were taken in 2010 and 2011. SO his dismissal is all eyewash. We'll see if anyone really loses their job or if they just get dismissed and then show up in another agency a couple months later.
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
Funny how the IRS director was going to resign anyway so he really isn't even "taking one for the team". It is not the final action - they are going to have to do a lot more to get out of this one.
As to Benghazi and all those who thought it was a "non-issue" a month or two ago. It's NOW NEWS. Watching Chris Matthews yesterday, he and his guests were talking about all the issues and how it is now a scandal. That made me laugh - for all you devotees of MSBNC, their conversations were exactly what those on FOX were - a COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO! MSNBC is way behind when it comes to reporting "the news".
As for Benghazi - it's a real issue now and with 100 pages coming out yesterday (which they could have given 3 months ago), you can tell they want to deflect the spotlight on the IRS scandal and the AP scandal.
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
Conflicts have always arisen because people cannot solve things diplomatically and there are some people, like Hitler, who just want to conquer everything. You cannot appease them or talk them into peace.
Look at Britain's Chamberlin - totally clueless in 1939. People need to read up on History. The reason the British won the Battle over Britain was not Chamberlin's plea for peace, it was Churchill's adamant resolve to fight to the last man.
America did not want to "get involved" in WW II. So typical an attitude by many today, yet if you don't get involved, your freedom erodes and eventually disappears completely.
Not everyone on this board understands that or would even pick up arms to defend freedom. Luckily for them, there are many of us who hold a different view.
It is so ironic that you have a very deep feeling for much of what goes on in America today and comment with intensity, but left it cold when you decided to go to Canada.
You forfeited your freedom and maybe now regret that decision. I faced the same issues and I enlisted at 17.
I am no super-patriot by any means, but I came from a huge family of veterans, just like many on this board. I see a lot of hope in the upcoming generations who went to Iraq and Afghanistan.
In Canada as well as Europe there is a lot of "nationalism". We really don't have that in the US, but maybe it will sprout up in the younger generations. They are starting to see that freedom isn't free.
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It's about time we have some "manufactured" products to export. If we lose defense, what will we have left? Certainly not TV sets and appliances.
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With all the other "scandals" popping up, it seems like the big banking fraud is safely "tucked away in history" and as Hillary would say, "it's behind us, who cares?"
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
If you don't think this IRS scandal has legs, or the AP snooping doesn't have legs you are sadly mistaken.
People, regardless of party, want to know the truth and once they realize they have been BSed, they want justice. Benghazi isn't going to go away either.
The first thing is to get the spotlight onto the News. The mainstream media did not do that with Benghazi - FOX did. But now, with the latest scandals - especially the one involving the AP, the mainstream media cannot dismiss it anymore - and probably will not dismiss it because in the case of the AP, the mainstream media has been directed hit. It's one thing to hit some conservative organization but this was focused on "the Press". Expect repercussions.