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It clearly is, if they're not paying taxes. Macharius Send a noteboard - 23/02/2012 02:32:54 PM
That's just silly. Everybody needs some skin in the game or the welfare mentality sets in. Perhaps a nice flat tax without any deductions, except charity and mortgage?


Why should mortgage interest be deductible? If you can afford to buy a house, you can afford to not deduct the interest on the mortgage. It's yet another demonstration of the how the financially priviledged continue to priviledge themselves at everyone else's expense.

For the record, my wife and I paid taxes and own a house.
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Why Joel is CRAZY - Nearly Half of All Americans Don't Pay Federal Income Taxes - 23/02/2012 04:43:15 AM 1675 Views
A not so hypothetical situation... - 23/02/2012 05:46:44 AM 1088 Views
Your paying more money now than then. Lower rate but more money *NM* - 23/02/2012 07:52:51 AM 643 Views
Accurate statement, but not a justification *NM* - 23/02/2012 03:44:55 PM 542 Views
Re: A not so hypothetical situation... - 23/02/2012 02:39:43 PM 1182 Views
I don't know much about that. - 23/02/2012 03:53:27 PM 998 Views
Why the heck do you think the current tax system is skewed to the rich? - 23/02/2012 03:18:43 PM 1216 Views
That's a fair question - 23/02/2012 03:52:08 PM 1113 Views
Once again, poor people have no money with which to pay taxes. - 23/02/2012 06:23:07 AM 1237 Views
50% of America is not "poor" or too poor to pay federal income taxes..... - 23/02/2012 01:01:24 PM 1140 Views
It clearly is, if they're not paying taxes. - 23/02/2012 02:32:54 PM 1100 Views
Regarding the mortgage deduction..... - 23/02/2012 03:20:37 PM 1211 Views
You're operating under the same fallacy he does - that people should pay income taxes. - 23/02/2012 12:05:52 PM 1272 Views
In much the same way - 23/02/2012 01:40:58 PM 1237 Views
Same argument re: fallacies - 24/02/2012 02:52:17 PM 1069 Views
Was meant as a joke reply - 02/03/2012 06:30:15 PM 1386 Views
Joel is crazy, but I highly doubt that this is "why" - 23/02/2012 01:36:37 PM 1268 Views
HA! HA! Very well played! *NM* - 23/02/2012 03:49:35 PM 495 Views
I see your point, but not how it changes much in the conversation where we discussed that - 25/02/2012 01:49:29 AM 1057 Views
Joel, get your head out of your ass, if that is possible - 25/02/2012 07:02:34 PM 1109 Views
You kiss your momma with that ad hominem? - 27/02/2012 09:11:33 AM 1284 Views
You mention this statistic all the time. - 23/02/2012 02:16:47 PM 957 Views
Obviously, we are talking about the bottom 50%..... - 23/02/2012 03:22:43 PM 988 Views
How do you account for retired folks? - 23/02/2012 04:18:59 PM 1196 Views
social security isn't taxable either *NM* - 24/02/2012 04:21:21 AM 564 Views
Easy... he doesn't. - 25/02/2012 02:56:05 AM 942 Views
I wonder how much of that statistic is students - 23/02/2012 02:22:58 PM 1213 Views
Federal taxes - 23/02/2012 04:18:22 PM 1092 Views
Your figures are fairly unrealistic - 23/02/2012 04:54:44 PM 1279 Views
Not entirely. - 23/02/2012 06:30:18 PM 1027 Views
On exempting SS income: - 25/02/2012 02:30:43 AM 1037 Views
Is there any reason why one should exclude the other? - 23/02/2012 07:32:09 PM 1095 Views

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