US Tax Policies

What if the government ran a private charity? If it was still run by elected officials and government people and the such, but it was funded by charity? That's pretty good.

Nice idea, but in practice it might prove problematic at best.

There's a problem with the funding it is reliant on what a few people donate it isn't guaranteed either.

Sorry, but with this forum you can never really be sure.

If we had to pay for all those services to multiple different corporations, it would end up costing more for the average American than just simply paying one all-inclusive tax.

Your forgetting the corporations would probably just exploit them aswell.

I think there should be lower taxes for all the classes. Taxing the rich a lot will harm the economy more than help it since the rich own the big businesses and industries that create jobs. 9-9-9 sounds good to me, its a low tax. It targets the commercial things you buy like Ipods and laptops and cars etc.

Do some research on this plan, taxes go up for the bottom 80% and drop significantly for the rest. Either Cain is too stupid to figure this out (quite possible if you know his stance on reading) or he has some agenda designed to screw over America for the benefit of the rich. Nobody likes this plan besides Cain supporters, he has to create a federal sales tax to make this thing work, his reasoning for the numbers is completely arbitrary and he won't even defend the plan only making condescending remarks such as "you dot understand it".

Trust me taxing them higher will not do anything and small business are the real job creators so it's more important to help them. Cain's plan is ridiculous it raises taxes on the bottom 80% and he specifically made the plan so he only has to pay 1% tax and the the corporations of the country get a huge tax cut to 9% instead of the current 35%. I also believe that there should be a high tax on products made by Apple and other similar companies.

Raise the tax, it's that simple!!! :roll:

If it was that simply we would be done with this already but we are in stagflation. And raising taxes will strike a massive blow to the economy. Our revenue will drop like a lead balloon and then to make up that deficit we would have to raise taxes more which would lead to an even worse economic situation. It’s a circle of shit and oversimplified answers only show your inability to grasp economic problems such as this one.

just out of curiosity on what numbers do you base this fun fact?

The back of the box on my politically charged breakfast cereal: Konservative Krunch

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/opinion/21kristof.html

Well taxing the rich is unfair to the rich. They need the money to run their big company. They make money a lot of money out of their big business, but that doesn't mean we have to take all their money and give it to some jobless guy who isn't even looking for a job. Let them use the money they earn for their own use! Heck, they can donate that money to help the jobless people, but that doesn't mean the government has to take that money from the rich and give it to the jobless. I might come sounding off like a jackass, but that is just how I think. I support small business all the way and I too believe they make a lot of jobs in the US. But that doesn't mean we have to tax the rich a lot to benefit small business. If that happens, rich people will be protesting in the streets.

They have more money which means they should pay more historically taxes have been way higher and they still got along fine. They also get most of this money through tax loopholes, cuts, holidays, and tax havens.

nice, thank you that was interesting to read.

I support gutting the state out of whatever money it has, social services are one of the ways.

Well here in the US, the rich still pay the highest taxes. Raising taxes on them will not make enough leeway for them (leeway= how much money you make after taxes, food, etc.). Hell, in the current economic situation, my family is considered rich and we just have an "okay" leeway. My father pays a lot of taxes already so he supports the 9-9-9 plan. Plus raising taxes on the rich will still not improve the economic situation. Having a low flat tax gives the chance for all classes to become rich or make more money. I don't know much about the bad things about 9-9-9, but I don't think it's bad enough to ruin the economy any further. I do know that the poor might have a problem with the flat tax as it might raise the cost of living for them, but I heard that there will be plan to help those "problem area". I know someone will come in and say something bad about the 9-9-9 plan or my opinion. But you'll won't break me!!!

It raises taxes on the bottom 80% only lowering taxes for the rich and corporations. What lowering taxes for the rich and corporations do is make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

9% Income Tax, 9% Corporate, Tax 9% Sales Tax.

That's the 9-9-9 plan. Reducing the Income and Corporate taxes to 9% present would be a massive tax break for the rich. But then we have the problem of the Sales Tax. Cain's plan would not remove state Sales Tax, instead adding an extra 9%. This would press heavily on the majority of Americans and would most likely encourage them to spend less as to keep within their means of living. This would be absolutely disastrous for the economy.
I also suggest you abandon the notion that the rich make jobs, Wall Street is making record profits right now and we're still seeing and increase in unemployment.

Taxing rich PEOPLE doesn't effect job creation. People really need to stop associating them with job creation. Taxing rich people and taxing rich corporations are two entirely different things.