Comments on: How we feel about our taxes

By: vidyohs

vidyohs — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:04:22 +0000

Gil July 29, 2009 at 9:07 am

Pfff. I believe Irwin Schiff went to jail using much the same arguments to believe he could legally not pay taxes, vidyohs.

No, Gil. Irwin Schiff and I have nothing in common in our beliefs.

You probably know really very little about Irwin Schiff, and you’ve absorbed very little of what I have stated as my position, therefore you can make no valid comparisons nor any of wisdom on the income tax issue.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000

Since about 45% of households pay no federal income taxes, I can see why they would feel their taxes are "about right."

By: Niles

Niles — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000

It would be interesting to see these data broken out by income quintile, tax bracket or some other such grouping.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000

Note the interesting reversal in late 2001.

I wonder if that's an artifact of 9/11?

By: Methinks

Methinks — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000

The 3% who think their taxes are too low fascinate me. I wonder if they give the government extra when they pay their taxes. I bet not. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates don't.

I can't wait to see this graph again when they are all on 6 month waiting lists to see their physician about that lump they found and their taxes are hiked up to pay for all that free health care they have a right to. There aren't enough people making >$1MM who are dumb enough not to shelter the vast majority of that income or to just work less to avoid the 10% tax hike (bush cuts + surcharge) to pay for for their promised all-you-can-eat medical buffet.