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Originally Posted by knox
weird. for most of us, taxes are taxes, nothing to do with state or federal.
and people on lower incomes do not pay income tax.
anyway
that should be enough to afford health care no?
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Lower income families and individuals in America recieve earned income credits, meaning they get money back from thier tax returns that they did not pay into the system. They basically get between $2,000-$7,000 for free (depending on how many kids they have). Higher incomes have federal income taxes up to 35% . When they pay those taxes their money basically goes to the overwhelming number of citizens who are recieving the earned income credit. So for poor people tax season is awesome cause you get "free" money, but for the rich (and many middle class) it sucks, because they almost always owe the government more than they have paid in. So now the rich will be paying even more in to cover the healthcare. It is in a way evening out society by taking money fron those that have extra and giving it to those that have none.