Some people are trying to figure out how to make $249,999 in order to avoid the "Obama tax increase" on those earning over 250k.
The idea goes.. you end up netting more money by grossing less.. and it's monumentally stupid.
The tax rates are marginal..
The larger issue, of course, is just how people that stupid can possibly earn that kind of money.
By the way.. only about 2% of Americans earn over 250k. That's not a very large percentage, and I'm stunned that anyone really gives a shit about them. John and I might have to give up one ridiculously expensive meal a year to compensate.. or some shit... Gorak forbid.. OMG he's going to fire some employees because we need more money to frolic on an exotic beach!
There's also some stupid claim that the new tax plan will hurt charities because the value of tax deductions for charitable contributions is lower. This one is self-obvious..
If you base your charitable giving on it's tax value, you are a scumbag. If you will contribute less now because you might have to skip a spa treatment instead of giving the charity the same amount you had before.. you are a scumbag.
Regadless.. the "omgz poor ppl will suffer coz charities will get no money" meme is bullshit.
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Meril Lynch paid some 4 billion in bonuses in 2008.. before it collapsed... and "Conservatives" think our "Socialism" is "punishing" them.
Isn't it weird that working class conservatives are upset about raising taxes by 4% on the wealthiest Americans? This is because working class conservatives are stupid as fuck. That's implied by "working class" and "conseravtive".
Paul Krugman today quoted the Great Liberal, Dwight Eisenhower; “their number is negligible and they are stupid.”
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You make so many good points here I don't know where to start. First of all, I totally agree that people who give to charities just for the tax write-off are assholes. That is absolutely ridiculous! Doesn't their jesus say some shit about giving anonymously? AND someone puleeeze explain to me why, oh why the right wingers, gun clinging, bible thumping, trailer park dwellers give a shit if the people making $250,000 pay a little more taxes? What is with that? They're insane; they make no sense to me.
"Isn't it weird that working class conservatives are upset about raising taxes by 4% on the wealthiest Americans?"
If those fuckers don't want the money, then they should donate it to the nearest CEO. I am sure the CEO wouldn't object.
The CEO of life Mr.Evolution will eventually fire most these douchebags.
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