Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Re: Obama-Care: This Is What It Will Be Like

You're making too much sense here, and running roughshod over the
sacred concept of "progressive" taxation. That's heresy over on this
side of the line.

William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E.
Via iPhone 3G

On Jul 14, 2009, at 4:34 PM, "Thor Tandy" <vicpeng@telus.net> wrote:

> Wrong! I am more than paying my fair share! Instead of currently
> spending
> (enjoying) the asset/wealth on myself I'm contributing to the
> investment
> pool that generates both profit (hopefully) and gains taxes at the
> other end
> but which, in the meantime, helps those companies and systems I
> invest in
> develop and probably generate jobs.
>
> Thor A. Tandy P.Eng, C.Eng, Struct.Eng, MIStructE
> Victoria, BC
> Canada
>
>
>
> Thor
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Polhemus [mailto:bill@polhemus.cc]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:29 PM
> To: <seaint@seaint.org>
> Subject: Re: Obama-Care: This Is What It Will Be Like
>
> That's cool. Just remember that in Obama/Democrat parlance you are
> "not paying your fair share."
>
> William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E.
> Via iPhone 3G
>
> On Jul 14, 2009, at 12:06 PM, "Thor Tandy" <vicpeng@telus.net> wrote:
>
>> I work for myself have investments that soak up my declared income
>> and my
>> annual tax is less than 10% of my income ... I'm working towards a
>> 0% tax
>> impact! BTW, it can be done legally.
>>
>> Thor A. Tandy P.Eng, C.Eng, Struct.Eng, MIStructE
>> Victoria, BC
>> Canada
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Johnson [mailto:markajohn@yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:03 AM
>> To: seaint@seaint.org
>> Subject: Re: Obama-Care: This Is What It Will Be Like
>>
>>
>> To the Canadian listers:
>>
>> Help me out with a sanity check please. I finally watched Bill's
>> video and
>> remember the following:
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> in Canada
>> Single-Parent Household with $35,000 total income paid 59.6% total
>> taxes
>> Two-Parent Household with $65,000 total income paid 47.7% total taxes
>>
>> in the US
>> Single Parent Household with $35,000 total income paid 31.25% total
>> taxes
>> Two-Parent Household with $65,000 total income paid 34.55% total
>> taxes
>>
>> a "Subway" sandwhich ($5.00 before tax) costs over $18
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> So, how much truth is there to that?
>>
>> thanks,
>> MJ
>>
>>
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