http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/the_heroism_of.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:17:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/the_heroism_of.html/comment-page-1#comment-50955 Miriam Cherry Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:08:24 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/12/the-heroism-of-susan-pace-hamill.html#comment-50955 Prof. Hamill has been promulgating this message for years now, to little avail. When I lived in Alabama three years ago, I voted to raise taxes on myself to help out education (even though I have no children), but the bulk of the poor, who would have been helped by the bill, voted against it ("any new taxes are bad"). As much as the Alabama religious right may pay lip service to helping the poor, I'm not actually seeing anyone walk the walk (or open their wallet). Prof. Hamill has been promulgating this message for years now, to little avail. When I lived in Alabama three years ago, I voted to raise taxes on myself to help out education (even though I have no children), but the bulk of the poor, who would have been helped by the bill, voted against it (”any new taxes are bad”). As much as the Alabama religious right may pay lip service to helping the poor, I’m not actually seeing anyone walk the walk (or open their wallet).

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/the_heroism_of.html/comment-page-1#comment-50954 TJ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:50:17 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/12/the-heroism-of-susan-pace-hamill.html#comment-50954 I always find it problematic when advocates of reducing the income tax point to statistics showing how little the poor pay in income taxes, while ignoring the effect of consumption and other taxes (that make the overall tax burden only slightly progressive). Isn't this statistic, taken out of context, pulling the same trick, only from the opposite direction? I always find it problematic when advocates of reducing the income tax point to statistics showing how little the poor pay in income taxes, while ignoring the effect of consumption and other taxes (that make the overall tax burden only slightly progressive). Isn’t this statistic, taken out of context, pulling the same trick, only from the opposite direction?

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