What the hell are you talking about?

----- Original Message -----

From: "Carl Lindner" <carl@bdos.com>

To: "'ProFox Email List'" <profox@leafe.com>

Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 4:24 PM

Subject: RE: [OT] Now David Brookes is talking

> So, if I earn $10 a year and pay $10 to go to a federal park, that means I

> pay 100% of my income in taxes? Wow!

>

> As for the feds cutting taxes. Suppose they cut 200 from a program that

> would have increased by 1,000. So, it was "cut" by 20%. Wow again.

>

> Carl Lindner

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf

> Of Ed Leafe

> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 3:45 PM

> To: ProFox Email List

> Subject: Re: [OT] Now David Brookes is talking

>

> On Feb 24, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:

>

>> Past Fox news, or CBS, are there real facts to drive this probable

>> fiction? I am sure there is a lot of bias in this news.

>

> The focus on *income* tax is largely accurate: there is a minimum

> income level for each family size under which you do not owe taxes.

> However,

> these people pay a lot of federal taxes, just not as income tax. The

> numbers

> that I have seen show that the lower your income, the larger the

> percentage

> of it goes to the federal government when you count all forms of taxes,

> fees, etc.

>

>

>

> -- Ed Leafe

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