Reply #10: The tax data ALONE damns the whole thing [View All]

Whoever worked the tax numbers worked it as the whole amount is taxable, and the whole amount is taxed at the highest marginal rate for any of the income.

I redid these numbers once using the standard deduction and the actual tax tables for the years in question--1999 and, IIRC, 2006. The ACTUAL Clinton numbers, while higher than Bush's numbers (but, in the case of the lower-paid taxpayers, not by much), were lower than the numbers the freeper used for Bush. That's using standard deduction in all cases, and in the case of a married taxpayer I decided they had two children. I think I've still got the spreadsheet at home and can dig it up later if you'd like.

I also love the illegal-immigrant information. Apparently the War on Terra is just a trifle and we'd be in Fat City if we'd just deport all those nasty illegals. The part about the illegals sending home the $45 billion, most if not all of which they made from Private Sector Employers (at sub-minimum wages), is really killer. As in "credibility killer."