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it's a matter of perspective . making taxes more invisible to some people, myself included, makes them easier to raise.

so, the argument would be to first make taxes more painful. the best would be to remove auto withholding. if the average $50k a year family had to write a check for $3k to the government every 3 mouths they'd likely push much harder for lower taxes. less taxes means less money for government which would seem to mean smaller government. once the taxes are low and government is small you can simplify the tax code.

I'm not saying I agree with that or that I could ever actually happen but I don't see a flaw in the logic and why their own description of their mission can both say they are for simpler taxes and also be against the kind of simpler the linked article is about




not sure what area they're in where a $50k/year family pays $12k in taxes. NY? CA?


Nowhere. $50k a year family probably only pays $5k a year all in including ss.


I just looked it up [1] and depending upon filing status (single, married, head of household) the tax on the net taxable income of $50,000 (after deductions, expenses, etc) is between $6,576 and $8,278. $12,000 in taxes don't start until $65,000 net income.

[1] https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf


that's pretty much what I was thinking.




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