FBI INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIAN BANK'S LINK WITH TRUMP ORGANIZATION'S SERVER ONGOING: REPORT

[TBoneTX 47,540]

10 hours ago, Jacque67 said:

introduced to ensure the mega wealthy pay a fairer share of tax

In some people's minds, the "evil rich" = anyone who earns a dime more than they do.

[Jacque67 7,328]

5 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

In some people's minds, the "evil rich" = anyone who earns a dime more than they do.

Deep.

 

[smilesammich 10,727]

23 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

In some people's minds, the "evil rich" = anyone who earns a dime more than they do.

the rich taste absolutely lovely i hear, can't wait for the buffet to begin!

[Ban Hammer 14,291]

10 hours ago, Jacque67 said:

 

The “alternative minimum tax” (AMT), which was introduced to ensure the mega wealthy pay a fairer share of tax,

 

yet now it is a headache to people who were never the intended target.
 

Although the AMT was originally enacted to target 155 high-income households, it now affects millions of families each year. The number of households that pay the tax has increased significantly in the last decade: In 1997, for example, 605,000 taxpayers paid the AMT;[55] by 2008, the number of affected taxpayers jumped to 3.9 million, or about 4% of individual taxpayers.[56] A total of 27% of households that paid the AMT in 2008 had adjusted gross income of $200,000 or less.[57]
 

Because the AMT was not indexed to inflation until 2013, and because of recent tax cuts,[18][62] an increasing number of middle-income taxpayers have been finding themselves subject to this tax.

 

In 2006, the IRS's National Taxpayer Advocate's report highlighted the AMT as the single most serious problem with the tax code.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_minimum_tax

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

7 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

yet now it is a headache to people who were never the intended target.
 

Although the AMT was originally enacted to target 155 high-income households, it now affects millions of families each year. The number of households that pay the tax has increased significantly in the last decade: In 1997, for example, 605,000 taxpayers paid the AMT;[55] by 2008, the number of affected taxpayers jumped to 3.9 million, or about 4% of individual taxpayers.[56] A total of 27% of households that paid the AMT in 2008 had adjusted gross income of $200,000 or less.[57]
 

Because the AMT was not indexed to inflation until 2013, and because of recent tax cuts,[18][62] an increasing number of middle-income taxpayers have been finding themselves subject to this tax.

 

In 2006, the IRS's National Taxpayer Advocate's report highlighted the AMT as the single most serious problem with the tax code.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_minimum_tax

 

Whatever you say!!!! As I said earlier, get rid of the amt. ban taxes!!!

[Ban Hammer 14,291]

2 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

 get rid of the amt. ban taxes!!!

one does not equate to the other.

[OriZ 3,165]

7 hours ago, IDWAF said:

I paid 9% in taxes.  Trump paid 25%.  What a dummy he is!!

Hey, how come I don't get to pay 9%? What's yer secret?

[Jacque67 7,328]

(CNN)Top Republicans in Congress expressed their dissatisfaction Wednesday about getting answers from the FBI, as lawmakers trying to investigate Russia's meddling in the US election say they've continued to see no evidence of President Donald Trump's claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor. 

The FBI's decision to brief the Senate Judiciary Committee comes after the committee's Chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley, threatened to not schedule a vote for Rod Rosenstein to be deputy attorney general unless his panel got the FBI briefing he and the committee's top Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, requested weeks ago. 

Grassley -- a stalwart Republican with a powerful post -- expressed his exasperation the FBI hours before a private meeting at the Capitol with Comey. He called the scheduled meeting a "positive step," but also added: "I don't want to say that's enough at this point."

Grassley said he was frustrated that officials haven't been as forthcoming as lawmakers would like, and said his committee hasn't been given the respect it deserves for its oversight of the executive branch.

"That's very irritating," Grassley told CNN.

He wasn't the only Republican venting his displeasure: Sen. Lindsay Graham, who sits on a subcommittee that's seeking FBI answers, said earlier that he would subpoena the agency for information if it wasn't provided to him and fellow subcommittee member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/politics/wiretapping-congressional-investigation/