Comments on: Alabama Tax Burden Illustrated http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/ & Home of Lawn Mower Repair Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: walt moffett http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-25011 Tue, 20 May 2008 02:33:12 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-25011 Sounds like someone needs to re-read Rand. Sounds like someone needs to re-read Rand.

]]> by: Onelife http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-25010 Tue, 20 May 2008 02:27:16 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-25010 >>Susan, you are absolutely right. But do we like the fact that Alabama taxes people in poverty at such a high rate, much higher than other states? And at a higher rate than it taxes people with more means? Do we want to be a state that taxes people in poverty deeper into poverty? Poor people should go on strike. They should stop being poor for a while. They should earn more money and pay the rich people rates. That would teach those Montgomery politicians a lesson!!! >>Susan, you are absolutely right. But do we like the fact that Alabama taxes people in poverty at such a high rate, much higher than other states? And at a higher rate than it taxes people with more means? Do we want to be a state that taxes people in poverty deeper into poverty?

Poor people should go on strike. They should stop being poor for a while. They should earn more money and pay the rich people rates. That would teach those Montgomery politicians a lesson!!!

]]> by: Onelife http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-25008 Tue, 20 May 2008 02:23:14 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-25008 >>the poorest 20 percent of Alabamians (who made under $13,000 a year) paid 10.6 percent of their incomes in state taxes, compared to 3.8 percent for the top 1 percent of taxpayers (whose annual earnings approached $700,000). So, it costs the poor just over $1300/year to live in Alabama, while the rich are charged about $25,000/year for the same right. Those poor people sure are getting screwed... >>the poorest 20 percent of Alabamians (who made under $13,000 a year) paid 10.6 percent of their incomes in state taxes, compared to 3.8 percent for the top 1 percent of taxpayers (whose annual earnings approached $700,000).

So, it costs the poor just over $1300/year to live in Alabama, while the rich are charged about $25,000/year for the same right. Those poor people sure are getting screwed…

]]> by: Sales Tax on Groceries Before Senate Today » Doc’s Political Parlor http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-24993 Mon, 19 May 2008 18:40:27 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-24993 [...] Scott Stantis of the Birmingham News illustrated that nicely in a cartoon here. [...] […] Scott Stantis of the Birmingham News illustrated that nicely in a cartoon here. […]

]]> by: walt moffett http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23706 Thu, 01 May 2008 14:15:32 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23706 Besides my purely selfish interests in seeing the sales tax dropped, there are a couple of other things to consider, it makes those on the low end better able to buy the goods and services provided by the top end. At $20k a year, things like dental care, fair trade organic foods, and routine medical care are luxuries. However it looks like this issue is dying in the Senate, where all good idea go to die. Besides my purely selfish interests in seeing the sales tax dropped, there are a couple of other things to consider, it makes those on the low end better able to buy the goods and services provided by the top end. At $20k a year, things like dental care, fair trade organic foods, and routine medical care are luxuries.

However it looks like this issue is dying in the Senate, where all good idea go to die.

]]> by: Danny http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23705 Thu, 01 May 2008 13:29:30 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23705 Susan, you are absolutely right. But do we like the fact that Alabama taxes people in poverty at such a high rate, much higher than other states? And at a higher rate than it taxes people with more means? Do we want to be a state that taxes people in poverty deeper into poverty? I think a lot of folks tend to agree with the Press-Register (and others who have made similar comments) that it's "morally indefensible"... Susan, you are absolutely right. But do we like the fact that Alabama taxes people in poverty at such a high rate, much higher than other states? And at a higher rate than it taxes people with more means? Do we want to be a state that taxes people in poverty deeper into poverty?

I think a lot of folks tend to agree with the Press-Register (and others who have made similar comments) that it’s “morally indefensible”…

]]> by: springtime http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23691 Thu, 01 May 2008 03:35:24 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23691 Just so you fools know who is providing statistics to the Alabama Legislature (who heretofore is bereft of statistics unless in involved the calculus of pac to pac transfers from a lobbyist goon} it is a cadre of socialist/Obama supporters with ties to the EU and Iran. Wake Up People, the enemy is now here, not a world away!!! John Knight... what a stooge for falling for this. ITEP Board of Directors ITEP is governed by a group of leaders from academia, labor, and the policy community (affiliations used only for identification purposes): President: Richard Pomp University of Connecticut Law School Vice-President: Robert Kuttner The American Prospect Howard Chernick Hunter College Henry Coleman Rutgers University Iris Lav Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Marie Monrad Robert Reich Brandeis University Jean Ross California Budget Project Dianne Stewart Center for Public Policy Priorities Dean Tipps Service Employees International Union Just so you fools know who is providing statistics to the Alabama Legislature (who heretofore is bereft of statistics unless in involved the calculus of pac to pac transfers from a lobbyist goon} it is a cadre of socialist/Obama supporters with ties to the EU and Iran. Wake Up People, the enemy is now here, not a world away!!! John Knight… what a stooge for falling for this.

ITEP Board of Directors

ITEP is governed by a group of leaders from academia, labor, and the policy community (affiliations used only for identification purposes):

President: Richard Pomp
University of Connecticut Law School

Vice-President: Robert Kuttner
The American Prospect

Howard Chernick
Hunter College

Henry Coleman
Rutgers University

Iris Lav
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Marie Monrad

Robert Reich
Brandeis University

Jean Ross
California Budget Project

Dianne Stewart
Center for Public Policy Priorities

Dean Tipps
Service Employees International Union

]]> by: Tim http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23582 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:43:50 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23582 Mullet, This is the report that you see cited most frequently: http://www.itepnet.org/whopays.htm They're currently working on a new version right now...though Alabama's tax system (or any state's, really) hasn't fundamentally changed since it was released. Mullet,

This is the report that you see cited most frequently:
http://www.itepnet.org/whopays.htm

They’re currently working on a new version right now…though Alabama’s tax system (or any state’s, really) hasn’t fundamentally changed since it was released.

]]> by: Susan Fillippeli http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23572 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:23:46 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23572 Danny, Looking at the dollars in those percentages. . . The guy paying 3.6% of his income in taxes is contributing more than $26,000 to state revenues while the guy paying 10.6% is paying a little over $3,000. I think it is always useful to look at both the precetages and the real dollars. Danny,

Looking at the dollars in those percentages. . .

The guy paying 3.6% of his income in taxes is contributing more than $26,000 to state revenues while the guy paying 10.6% is paying a little over $3,000.

I think it is always useful to look at both the precetages and the real dollars.

]]> by: walt moffett http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23563 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:19:07 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/04/29/alabama-tax-burden-illustrated/#comment-23563 Publius, is it always wrong when folks act out of their own self interest? Publius, is it always wrong when folks act out of their own self interest?

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