I love the flat tax people. Who do you think will pay more??? You will still pay social security up to $102,000. Still pay medicare tax. The rate will be atleast 17% no deductions. Now see how much of your gross you pay in taxes and see how much more you will pay. This would be nothing but a tax break for the rich peri...more

I get so tired of this argument. There are abuses from some low income people. Working under the table, scamming the system, and  what not. but when you have multi millionaires and billionaires that pay 13.5% taxes " romney" and I "self employed" pay more than that just on self employment tax not to mention federal tax...more

These articles come out every year just before tax time. Yes there is a marriage penalty. No most people will ever earn enough for it to effect them. These are mostly fluff pieces to cause controversy. Most people making the kind of money they are talking about here have accountants to help them figure the best way aro...more

I'm tired of the "job creators are taxed too much" argument. SMALL businesses are the job creators otherwise known as the middle class. If you took a real look into the taxes the middle class pay from all their sources "sales tax, gas tax, property tax, alcohol, cigarettes, phone service, cable service, ect" you would ...more

I love how people defend the rich for making themselves richer. Look at some of these ceo and you will find they are on the boards of many companies. The ceo's of those companies are on their boards. If you don't give them the pay they want they wont give it to the others on the board. The rich have been lining their p...more