A Hedge Fund Republic?

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Originally Posted by gimpy117

freebies as in tax breaks etc. "Trickle down" its the term used when the government uses tax breaks etc. to give extra money to the rich saying "it will stimulate the economy" when the theoretically spend it.

Tax breaks are a freebie? Let me get this straight. Some family of 4 pays $200,000 in income taxes last year, and then the rate drops, and they only pay 190k the next year. They just got a "freebie." Meanwhile another family of 4 pays ZERO in income tax, and the next year gets $3500 back (negative taxes). Yet another family of 4 pays $5,000 in income tax, and their tax bill the next year is the same.

The people that shelled out 190k somehow "got something" from the government because they paid 10k less than 40X the last family for the same use of government? (can't even say with the deadbeat family since they paif INFINITELY less tax than either of the taxpaying families)