Re: [ECON] US income tax summaries

From: cryofan@mylinuxisp.com
Date: Sat Apr 12 2003 - 14:12:26 MDT

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    Damien Sullivan <phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu> said:

    > On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 12:43:34PM -0600, randy wrote:
    >
    > > Then, because wealthy people have the resources to easily fund such
    > > propaganda, I suggest there is a good chance that such propaganda is
    > > out there, and you may have just posted such.
    >
    > I got the link from a leftist weblog, and while the Tax Foundation does seem
    > to have a rightist feel to it, as I look around, I'd hope they didn't lie
    > about IRS numbers. *I* was posting from a leftist perspective, i.e. "look
    how
    > much income the top has -- and it's increasing!" E.g. that 8->20% going to
    > the top 1%. I doubt those numbers would be exagerrated on a propaganda
    site.
    > And I noted that Social Security was probably being left out.
    >

    Yes, I am sure that many people with varying political philosophies will take
    this for whatever they can make of it. I am just saying that water flows
    downhill because of a force (gravity) and circumstances.

    As I pointed out in my earlier post, with respect to pro-wealthy propaganda,
    I see the forces (all upside, no downside) and the circumstances (propaganda
    PR flack firms paid by lobbies, combined with media outlets) therefore I
    assume that such propaganda is flowing downhill somewhere.....maybe all over
    the place.



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