Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

And as Happy Monkey pointed out, I addressed that in the post I made, which you actually quoted. WTF Merc. You are losing it here. :p

You aren't following very well. State taxes matter significantly because you are going to pay them as WELL as the federal tax. So if you earn enough to pay among the higher taxes, when you add state tax you could be paying over or near to half of everything you earn to TAX. And that is total BS, when others pay nothing in income tax.

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

You aren't following very well. State taxes matter significantly because you are going to pay them as WELL as the federal tax. So if you earn enough to pay among the higher taxes, when you add state tax you could be paying over or near to half of everything you earn to TAX. And that is total BS, when others pay nothing in income tax.

I didn't say state taxes didn't matter, I said they had nothing to do with the federal government or with federal taxes. If a state govt. raises taxes to balance their budget, that is a STATE ISSUE, and the federal government has no say in the matter, as far as I now. So you can't blame that on Obama. New York has apparently raised all kinds of taxes on their citizens, and other states probably are not far behind.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

I didn't say state taxes didn't matter, I said they had nothing to do with the federal government or with federal taxes. If a state govt. raises taxes to balance their budget, that is a STATE ISSUE, and the federal government has no say in the matter, as far as I now. So you can't blame that on Obama. New York has apparently raised all kinds of taxes on their citizens, and other states probably are not far behind.

So wait, you are giving Obama a pass because NY state already has high taxes, and now that Obama is raising them that is not Obama's (Demoncrats) problem? WTF? Higher taxes is higher taxes for everyone, those in high tax states will be penalized more as more of their income goes to pay for those who don't. That is BS.