Posted: Apr 17th 2003, 3:01 pm
Maybe I could get your thoughts on these three links:
http://www.russiaeconomy.org/comments/021803.html
Choice Quote: "On January 1, 2001, a 13% flat-rate tax on personal income took effect in Russia...During its first year, the 13% flat tax exceeded all expectations. In 2001, personal income taxes increased...28% in real rubles after adjusting for ruble inflation..."
http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/m ... 0102.shtml
Choice Quote: "While ex-Communist states confidently reject progressive taxation, America remains plagued by Marxian class-warfare rhetoric. A May 28, 2000 New York Times editorial praised the Russian flat tax's promise to reduce "political corruption, removing layers of subsidies in the code that officials like to shower on favored constituents." However, the previous October 30, Republicans for a U.S. flat tax were "disingenuous, when the basic result would ease the tax burden on the super-rich,"
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/menu/t ... guest.html
(This whole article is a choice quote, but I had to choose...)
Choice Quote: "Think of it this way: less than four dollars out of every $100 paid in income taxes in the United States is paid by someone in the bottom 50% of wage earners. Are the top half millionaires? Noooo, more like "thousandaires." The top 50% were those individuals or couples filing jointly who earned $26,000 and up in 1999. (The top 1% earned $293,000-plus.) Americans who want to are continuing to improve their lives - and those who don't want to, aren't. "
http://www.russiaeconomy.org/comments/021803.html
Choice Quote: "On January 1, 2001, a 13% flat-rate tax on personal income took effect in Russia...During its first year, the 13% flat tax exceeded all expectations. In 2001, personal income taxes increased...28% in real rubles after adjusting for ruble inflation..."
http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/m ... 0102.shtml
Choice Quote: "While ex-Communist states confidently reject progressive taxation, America remains plagued by Marxian class-warfare rhetoric. A May 28, 2000 New York Times editorial praised the Russian flat tax's promise to reduce "political corruption, removing layers of subsidies in the code that officials like to shower on favored constituents." However, the previous October 30, Republicans for a U.S. flat tax were "disingenuous, when the basic result would ease the tax burden on the super-rich,"
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/menu/t ... guest.html
(This whole article is a choice quote, but I had to choose...)
Choice Quote: "Think of it this way: less than four dollars out of every $100 paid in income taxes in the United States is paid by someone in the bottom 50% of wage earners. Are the top half millionaires? Noooo, more like "thousandaires." The top 50% were those individuals or couples filing jointly who earned $26,000 and up in 1999. (The top 1% earned $293,000-plus.) Americans who want to are continuing to improve their lives - and those who don't want to, aren't. "