re: Taxless nation

Quoting khigh:" Yep. You make a ton more in credits/EIC if you file joint. We will probably do married filing seperately ... [snip!] ... paying a TON of taxes on money I didn't even earn in the US and he will be getting a ton back because he is getting deployed."

you pay taxes on money earned in another country????????

Quoting The (super kinky) Master:" you pay taxes on money earned in another country????????"

Yep, I will still have to file/pay taxes on money earned in India paid by an Indian company.

Quoting khigh:" Yep, I will still have to file/pay taxes on money earned in India paid by an Indian company."

That's crazy ... I have duel citizenship and if I had to pay taxes to both Australia and England I'd be bankrupt

Quoting SpaceCowgirl:" Here, I'll give you an example. My dad is in the top tax bracket. My mom decided she wanted to go back ... [snip!] ... to avoid the higher taxes anyway. If there was a flat tax with no deductions or loopholes, they wouldn't have a way around it."

Good point.

Quoting TheNuge:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" Are you a believer of Reaganomics, ... [snip!] ... "trickle down'" the business owner gets paid last.... So the owner is not at the top of the heap until many years of success."

I would be for reducing taxes on business owners who employ AMERICANS while punishing those that ship jobs overseas.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" I would be for reducing taxes on business owners who employ AMERICANS while punishing those that ship jobs overseas."</blockquote>




I think a tax incentive would be nice but not an increase on those that ship overseas. GM is bragging that 7 out of 10 of their vehicles are made overseas now. I don't want to punish them for finding a way around their harmful unions. And, they are paying taxes on the sales as well as paying American salaries associated with the foreign business.

Quoting TheNuge:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" I would be for reducing taxes on ... [snip!] ... unions. And, they are paying taxes on the sales as well as paying American salaries associated with the foreign business."

I would like to see more American manufacturers. America needs to return to the manufacturing power that it once was. I think that punishing those shipping jobs overseas may encourage companies to seek employees inside the nation.

But I see what you are saying. It is just, how are we going to get people to stop giving jobs to China and India when America has a too high of an unemployment rate?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" I would like to see more American manufacturers. America needs to return to the manufacturing power ... [snip!] ... how are we going to get people to stop giving jobs to China and India when America has a too high of an unemployment rate?"</blockquote>




Yup. It's a complex problem. Take Apple for example. They manufacture in china, make an awesome product and creat lots of non-manufacturing jobs here in the US. And, they pay a boatload of taxes. There is no way those jobs would come to the US. If they did, only the very rich could afford their products.

Quoting TheNuge:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" I would like to see more American ... [snip!] ... of taxes. There is no way those jobs would come to the US. If they did, only the very rich could afford their products."

Sigh. I didn't even think of that.  

I would love to see more factories open up and have massive tax breaks for them.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" Sigh. I didn't even think of that.   I would love to see more factories open up and have massive tax breaks for them."</blockquote>




The smarter states do that. The federal government should do something similar.

<blockquote><b>Quoting TheNuge:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" Sigh. I didn't even think of that. ... [snip!] ... tax breaks for them."</blockquote> The smarter states do that. The federal government should do something similar."</blockquote>




That's why Oklahoma and Texas are growing so fast and have a surplus. No state taxes for businesses that move to the state for five years and they give land and money to build.

Austin is the new Silicone Valley.

Quoting TheNuge:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" Sigh. I didn't even think of that. ... [snip!] ... tax breaks for them."</blockquote> The smarter states do that. The federal government should do something similar."

Do you know which ones?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" Do you know which ones? "</blockquote>




Mostly the lower Midwest. Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas. Funnily, they are some of the reddest states!

Here's Oklahoma's incentive plan:

http://okcommerce.gov/location-or-expansion/incentives/

http://stateok.zoomprospector.com/

<blockquote><b>Quoting Back to Noob Status:</b>" Do you know which ones? "</blockquote>




Mostly the lower Midwest. Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas. Funnily, they are some of the reddest states!

Here's Oklahoma's incentive plan:

http://okcommerce.gov/location-or-expansion/incentives/

http://stateok.zoomprospector.com/