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the tax code on a paper napkin:

Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:12 PM EST
politics, taxes, federal-government, treasury, tax-code, federal-revenue
By Hutch Dubosque
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     [starting at the top]

income over $1,000,000.00                                   14%

income between $900,000.00 & $999,999.00    13%

income between $800,000.00 & $899,9999.00  12%

income between $700,000.00 & $799,999.00    11%

income between $600,000.00 & $699,999.00    10%

income between $500,000.00 & $599,999.00     9%

income between $400,000.00 & $499,999.00     8%

income between $300,000.00 & $399,999.00     7%

income between $200,000.00 & $299,999.00     6%

income between $100,000.00 & $199,999.00     5%

income between $50,000.00 & $99,999.00          4%

income between $25,000.00 &  $49,999.00         3%

income below $25,000.00                                       0%

Since corporations are people , the same tax structure applies to their earned profit, either National or international. Corporations and businesses will be allowed to depreciate plant and equipment at a soon to be determined rate. Corporations and businesses that conduct their operations solely nationally get to jump down one (1) tax bracket. There will be no other deductions, or exceptions.

Income tax levies and code revenue will be the only funding received by the Treasury. Any, and all, other sources of Federal revenue will be used to fund topic specific agencies. Capital gains, interest income, etc. will be treated as simple income.

Next: This new tax code forces the Federal Government to pull in its horns and reorganize to a slimmed down, streamlined operation. What the Federal Government has to do to live within these means:

1] produce a balanced budget, annually, by means of a standard accounting practice. all budgets and revenues will be Public record and available for view at any time by a citizen of the United States 

2] strip all departments down to their base function and staffing. ie. the Department of the Interior will join with the Department of Agriculture, Interstate Commerce, National Energy, etc. combine existing departments to eliminate duplication and overlap.

3] There are very few things the Federal Government needs to do. Acting as an “overseer” of the big issues, making international treaties, defending the borders, maintaining a strong Armed Forces to deal with threats to our sovereignty., regulating the money supply supervision of public lands, National energy policy, etc.

4] States and Regions will assume those tasks that have dwelled in Federal jurisdiction. there is no logical argument for the Federal Government doing things that the States and Regions do already.

* Let’s stop worrying about what Mittens Romney’s tax bracket is. If he’s happy with that, everyone else who earns less will pay less than the Great “Romny-escence”. You want economic stimulation? I’ve got your stimulation right here!

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Hutch Dubosque

someday, I'll get this formatting thing down!

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Reply#1 - Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:13 PM EST
FLYNAVY1

Get a bigger napkin and factor in income distribution by population based on your brackets and see what you come up with as a number for expected tax revenue. Here is the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Distribution_of_Annual_Household_Income_in_the_United_States.png

It a nice try though, and worth thinking about. That being said, I think that with all the cutting that you want to do, you still won't have enough money to 1) Meet federal mandatory spending requirements. 2) Make any payments against the Federal debt. Using this approach, the states that will be faced to duplicate 50 times what now takes one federal office to do. The latter will also hinder interstate commerce because of a lack of unified processes and regulations.

Just looking at it, you might double your tax rates per bracket, and you just might come up with numbers that will work.

Nice seed though... Regards

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#1.1 - Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:04 PM EST
Hutch Dubosque

FLYNAVY1: I realize this gets a whole lot more complex than simply writing down a few numbers on a sheet of paper. My thought is to attempt to rid ourselves of the massive duplication and waste at the Federal level and at the State level. You are absolutely correct with your statements. There are definitely things the Fed's do that can't or shouldn't be done by the States. I'll be away for a while (3 months) in a PTSD program at the local VA Hospital, but will rejoin this issue when I return. Thanks

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#1.2 - Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:47 PM EST
Hutch Dubosque

Oh, I almost forgot......that wasn't a "seed"

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#1.3 - Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:48 PM EST
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