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Old 11-23-2004, 02:56 PM   #50 (permalink)
abscondo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KMA-628
I really, really want to discuss this, with anybody. I don't want to seem like I am trying to knock everybody down, I am trying to pose my side of the argument with in-depth analysis and understanding of the topic. I have said this over and over, but if there are "real" points of contention, I would like to be made known of them.

In other words, I need more than talking points.

i.e. - The middle-class will get hurt under this plan followed by an understandable example, preferably with some numbers (since this is a topic of numbers) to back-up the claim.
Well, I'm not paid to do this, and I have a hell of a lot of other things to do in my real life. But you want some reading material? Fine:

Falling Flat: The Dubious Case for the Flat Tax
http://www.epinet.org/Issuebriefs/fallingf_ib_1996.pdf

Many Middle-Class families Will Wind Up as Net Losers From the "Middle-Class" Tax Cut Legislation
http://www.cbpp.org/9-21-04tax.htm

The Decline of Corporate Income Tax Revenues
http://www.cbpp.org/10-16-03tax.htm

The Ultimate Burden of the Tax Cuts
http://www.cbpp.org/6-2-04tax.htm
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