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]]> http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/07/27/mitch-alboms-faulty-tax-math/comment-page-1/#comment-13214 USW Blog » Blog Archive » Mitch Albom, “Compassionate” Chronicler of Sickness, Bashes Health Care Reform and Defends Richest 1% Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:25:43 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=11510#comment-13214 [...] UPDATE: Albom is not just a disgusting human, he’s also a fool. You’ll note he asserts that under the surtax proposal, “a family earning a million dollars a year” would” now have to “cough up $54,000 of that — in addition to all the other taxes it pays — to cover health care for people who may not pay a penny of new tax themselves.” That’s factually inaccurate as atwo-second Google search shows. Because the 5.4% surtax applies only to income above $1 million (and not on the $1 million in total), someone making $1 million a year would pay just $9,000 a year more in taxes, not $54,000. Here’s FAIR’s dispatch nailing Albom for his idiocy. [...] [...] UPDATE: Albom is not just a disgusting human, he's also a fool. You'll note he asserts that under the surtax proposal, "a family earning a million dollars a year" would" now have to "cough up $54,000 of that — in addition to all the other taxes it pays — to cover health care for people who may not pay a penny of new tax themselves." That's factually inaccurate as atwo-second Google search shows. Because the 5.4% surtax applies only to income above $1 million (and not on the $1 million in total), someone making $1 million a year would pay just $9,000 a year more in taxes, not $54,000. Here's FAIR's dispatch nailing Albom for his idiocy. [...]

]]> http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/07/27/mitch-alboms-faulty-tax-math/comment-page-1/#comment-8484 Dave Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:43:36 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=11510#comment-8484 Heck, Detroit would be better off without Detroit. Everyone loves to forget that no matter what political tag is applied, increased tax burden HURTS EVERYONE. If the "rich" pay, the pain of taxes will be compounded upon EVERYONE as costs rise, costs get passed on to the consumer, and jobs go elsewhere. The poor still get hurt because everyone gets hurt. And the ranks of the poor will grow. Sadly, Detroit (and others) may starve before it understands. Too bad that the thieves in leadership remain immune and free. Heck, Detroit would be better off without Detroit. Everyone loves to forget that no matter what political tag is applied, increased tax burden HURTS EVERYONE. If the "rich" pay, the pain of taxes will be compounded upon EVERYONE as costs rise, costs get passed on to the consumer, and jobs go elsewhere. The poor still get hurt because everyone gets hurt. And the ranks of the poor will grow. Sadly, Detroit (and others) may starve before it understands. Too bad that the thieves in leadership remain immune and free.

]]> http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/07/27/mitch-alboms-faulty-tax-math/comment-page-1/#comment-8420 Cathy Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:06:53 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=11510#comment-8420 Mitch ("let them eat cake") Albom is a phony. Detroit is better off without him. Let's hope he moves his money, and himself offshore. Mitch ("let them eat cake") Albom is a phony. Detroit is better off without him. Let's hope he moves his money, and himself offshore.

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