Latest responses to “Federal Tax Brackets 2011” Copyright 2012, MoneyBlueBook.com 1137493 2011-10-26T15:58:37-07:00 Slammyman I agree, it's simple, having children is a choice which costs. Should I get a bigger tax credit because I choose to have a pet Eelephant over a Goldfish? Clearly an Eelephant is my choice and I should pay for that choice, not burden those with no pets or less pets. A flat percent of each dollar sounds good but the middle class would pay the largest portion as usual. $80,000.00 /year with a flat 10% tax would leaves $72,000.00 for this person. $300,000.00/year with a flat 10% tax leaves this person $270,000.00 469640 2011-03-01T19:40:20-08:00 Classy Sue How about being single with no children and being expected to pay for everyone else's children, all the meals of those incarcerated, all the gov't recipients infant formula and cheese....all while paying my own college loans, mortgage payment, car payment, utility bills, groceries and rising gas prices. Face it, just because I'm single doesn't mean I can afford to pay for you too. 469660 2011-02-28T18:54:38-08:00 TB The only way to reduce this deficit is a combination of realistic tax on wages; reduction in military sepnding, and reduction in entitlements. The reduction in the size of the military during the 90's helped to realize a surplus by 2001. But then W had to go avenge his daddy and attck Sadam over lies, cut taxes and here we are again in a deficit. Either you cut the big tickets items, or keep running a budget in the red. As far as taxing wealthier folks, that would generate some more income, but the real focus should be cutting the subsidies and grants all big business is chewing on...becuase if they are running record profits, then subsidies should not only go away, they should be repaid to the american people who provided them in the first place! 469650 2011-02-15T22:54:53-08:00 Dan JW----Scares the hell out of me there are people in this country like you. Hopefully, you're a convicted felon and can't vote. 469670 2011-02-10T18:47:02-08:00 Paul CLINT FOR PRESIDENT! JW, you're an idiot. You spew the liberal talking points so beautifully, I almost thought you were Harry Reid! You CANNOT tax your way to prosperity....high taxes are NOT what brought us out of the depression. If high taxes were the answer, then let's have the government take 100% of EVERYBODY'S income. By your reasoning, then we'll all be rich & happy, right? WRONG! This is what communism is all about: controlling the people, like John Dingel-berry, from MI said on the radio. We got out of the depression by letting CAPITALISM work. I know that pains you, JW, to read that, but it's true. If you want the government to take care of you, go live in a country where they do that. 469680 2011-02-01T12:37:55-08:00 Adam I'm starting to think that College was a bad idea. I didn't realize that being educated made me a bad person and that I was going to punished for being successful. My only option is to just get married! I'm being taxed just as much as a couple bringing in 140K! It is ridiculous. And the handouts that people with children recieve is pathetic. If you can't afford them, don't have them! And if you want them, pay for them yourself. I don't have kids because I'm paying for someone elses. Does that mean I'm entitled to tell that whiny brat to shut up? 398970 2011-01-23T00:21:31-08:00 Clint I am sick of Liberals saying "People should pay their fair share". Who decides what is fair? We have created a nation of cry babies wanting government hand outs. I am 36, put myself through college and have never asked the government or my parents for a dime after age 16 and I consider myself a success. I always knew that I was responsible for my own success. When I see rich people I want to work hard and be like them....not punish them. People need to wake up! Each of us is responsible for their own fortunes! 398950 2011-01-17T15:24:00-08:00 suzanne Why does the government keep rewarding people for having MORE CHILDREN?! The planet can't support the ones we have NOW!! and, for some reason, single people are the forgetten ones when it comes to taxes. It's been proven that single people don't live as long, have to pay their rent or mortgage and expenses ALONE instead of SHARED and yet, we can't ever get a break!! Single people are not producing as much green house gas as a family of 4. Remember that the child deductions and married deductions were instituted right after WWII, when the US was encouraging people to get married , buy a house,have a family and live out the "american dream". Yeah, well, look where that's got us now. 399040 2011-01-10T20:22:32-08:00 amanda Debra meier... are u ok?? How u that broke with 3 jobs?? Quit bitc*in.. and complaining.. if u that broke u wouldn't be wishing that the child tax credit would drop. Ur an idiot. So according to you if your unhappy then EVERYONE should be right?? 399030 2011-01-07T22:15:45-08:00 TC Uh, JW has no clue what he is talking about. His "analysis" of the data couldn't be more wrong.