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Can we please stop the Buffett tax lie?
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29/09/2011 17:53:39
 
 
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27/09/2011 22:36:33
John Ryan
Captain-Cooker Appreciation Society
Taumata Whakatangi ..., New Zealand
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>>>See pages 22-30 for : The Tax Burden and Who Bears It
>>>http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11976/2010-12-02_IncomeTax_chartbook.pdf
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>Exhibit 14 is interesting: what quartile are you in and how little tax do you apparently pay? ;-)

I've been in all five. ;) I've been in each of the top 3 in the last 5 years.

>Compare to Exhibit 4 to see what others had to endure for years after WWII. Perhaps we should go back to that to help balance the books?
>
>;-)

That won't work.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=205.

Be the top rate 94% or 28%, revenue/gdp comes in around 18%.

For further info, see Laffer Curve
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