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Thu Oct-02-03 05:56 AM
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as this because they know the AMT (alternative minimum tax) really affects few in the middle class. It is a way of demonizing the tax and hopefully leading to it's abolition.
Who would feel sorry for Bill Gates or the "millionaire next door" if they got a $200k bill from the IRS? Not me that's for sure. But it angers people when they see hard working Iowans (the picture of middle America "heartland") getting socked by the evil IRS.
It's all part of the game. Just like Monday's "report" on defrauding the Social Security Disability program. Sure a few do it but by far the program helps truly deserving individuals that we don't hear about.
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