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The Truth About TaxesBy amanda zaluckyj, Section News
The GVSU College Republicans hosted a speaker yesterday from the Tax Foundation. He debunked a lot of popular myths about the current United States tax system, and even touched on Michigan's tax burden.
What kinds of myths? The Bush tax cuts were for the rich. The rich do not pay their fair share of taxes. Business taxes get back at corporate greed. So, what is the truth....
First of all, the Bush tax cuts were not for the rich, regardless of how many times Senators Clinton and Obama want to tell us that they were. The truth is, the Bush tax cuts actually made it easier for low wage earners. Beforehand, the very bottom of the scale would pay in the 15% tax bracket. After the Bush tax cuts, the lowest income earners pay in the 10% tax bracket. Additionally, everyone was given a 10% lower tax rate then before. The tax cuts benefited everyone.
The rich don't pay their fair share of taxes? The top 1% of the wealthiest Americans pay nearly 40% of the federal taxes. 50% of Americans do not even pay taxes! That's half the population of the United States. The poorest people in the US receive $8.21 for every $1 they pay into the system. That comes out to an average $31,000. About $1trillion is redistributed from the wealthiest in America to the poorest. Finally, business taxes. 27 states in the US have the highest business taxes in the world. Japan is the only other country in the world that has a (slightly) higher business tax than the US. It is no wonder that businesses are moving to other countries. How can they compete when they have to pay high business taxes? The average American pays $2700 in taxes handed down from businesses to cover their tax. Those taxes just get passed on to the consumers! It's a big issue and it would take a lot of time to go into everything. But certainly there is a lot of political language out there that just doesn't make sense. We have to get past the campaign rhetoric and get to the real facts.
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