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Volaris

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5. Id like to add an addendum to step 1:

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:48 PM

Apr 29

If you earn less than 150k per year, it's considered WAGES, and is therefore exempt from federal taxation, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU GOT IT. Great day at the tables? Good for you KEEP IT.
Pretty good at running drugs across the border? Again, good for you...you're going to jail for the crime, but the 100k you made is yours.
Etc.
Anything ABOVE that 150k is automatically considered INCOME, and your tax rate STARTS at 10% and moves on a progressive curve that goes all the way up to god...no more brackets.
If you WORK for a living, your fifth-grader should be able to file your taxes with the IRS.

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Republicans pretend that no one knows they are lying... [View all] kentuck Apr 29 OP

Ima gonna go with odins folly Apr 29 #1

And the answer is "The people in congress are spineless weasels who would sell out their own mothers" Ray Bruns Apr 29 #6

Their voters are rock stupid Johonny Apr 29 #2

I have said quite a few times they are not afraid of Trump; they are afraid of his base. state of stupid Apr 29 #10

A confederacy of dunces. ananda Apr 29 #14

Two-faced hypocrites. La Coliniere Apr 29 #3

They don't care because they live in consequence free times... Moostache Apr 29 #4

I don't understand how you can reasonably implement a wealth tax. erronis Apr 29 #7

I am putting out a concept, not a law... Moostache Apr 29 #8

I think I follow, and I appreciate your viewpoints. erronis Apr 29 #9

I agree at a fundamental level - we need change. Moostache Apr 29 #11

Id like to add an addendum to step 1: Volaris Apr 29 #5

I really like this concept - thank you! Moostache Apr 29 #12

I find it irritating, yet typical, whenever a reporter asks them a "difficult" question... Squaredeal Apr 29 #13

Those questions are only, and always, difficult if youre being a political hack. Volaris Apr 29 #15