Wednesday, December 8, 2010

To tax or not to tax

Should the government raise taxes on people making over $250,000 per year? Should tax cuts be extended for people making less than that amount? Provide reasons for your answers.

16 comments:

Tomas Q said...

To Tax or not to Tax?

I think that the government should raise taxes on those making more than $250k a year because they have enough money as it is. I’m sure they have SOME to spare for taxes. I also think that tax cuts shouldn’t be completely extended. I think that the tax rate should go up just a little, like 1% or 2%, to help out with government spending.

Sam K. said...

To Tax or Not To Tax:

I do not believe the government should raise taxes on people making over $250,000 a year. They obviously work hard to earn the money, and they should be able to spend it on what they want, like their families. For people earning less that $250,000 a year, I believe the taxes should be lower. These people might be struggling to provide for themselves or their families, and giving even more money to the government isn’t helping them. I don’t fully understand the concept of taxes, but I understand it enough to somewhat grasp it.

Anthony G. said...

I think people making more than 250,000+ dollars a year should be taxed A LITTLE bit more. Maybe something like 1 or 2 percent more. Not that much. Since our government is money spending happy, they should get some money back to put towards something like our couple trillion dollar debt. Maybe we should stop spending money on various un-needed things and put it towards our massive debt.

Mike C. said...

I believe that the U.S government should in fact raise taxes on people making over $250,000. I also think that the government should do it according to a household salary, such as a wife and husbands yearly makings combined. That would be better for this country because it would get it out of this dept we are in. I know that the people that have to pay more money in taxes will be upset but we MUST get this country out of this debt. That’s all I have to say on that.

Anonymous said...

Scott C.
I think that the government should raise taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year because they have enough money as it is. I’m sure they have money to spare for taxes that will be helpful to the American Government. I think that the tax rate should go up just a little, like 5% or 7%, to help out with government spending, imports, and exports.

Anthony G. said...

To Tomas from Anthony G.,

I totally agree with you except I think they shouldn't be taxed too much.

Mike C. said...

Dear cole,
I think you have a very good thing to say on this cause. But i dont think you should base it on your family, because even if your family did make over that much money, they would still be helping our family out.

Kathryn H said...

I think the government should not do anything but lower taxes. If someone is making more than $250,000 a year they obviously are working hard for it. Times are tough, and many people can’t even make enough to provide for their families. Also, by raising the taxes for people who make just that amount and are already struggling will make it even harder for them to provide for their families. I feel that the government should help out the people in need by lowering their taxes and not raising them for anyone would is fortunate enough to make enough.

Elizabeth R. said...

I think for people making more then 250,000 a year should be taxed a little bit more, because if they are making a lot of money, to much for them to use for good reasons, they should leave it for taxes. If they are putting their money towards good things like charity, then they have a reason to have that much money. But I do not think people that have less money then that should pay fewer taxes. I think that would be completely unfair because that is a lot of money, way more then the average, and most average people are doing fine paying the required taxes.

Madison said...

I think that the people making more than 250K a year they should not tax them. I think if they absolutely had to tax they should only tax a minimum amount. I think the people that are poor or re making less than 250K they shouldn’t have to pay any taxes. I also think that the people that are making much more that 250K should give a little money a year to charity or to help citizens that are in despite need of help.

Katie O. said...

Yes, I think that the government should tax the people making over $250,000 a year, however I think this amount should be determined after necessities and taxes are accounted for. If you still have this amount of money per year after taxes and paying your bills, you should have the tax increase. I also think that the government should account for if the person is a single person living on their own or a family and plan accordingly for this. I do think tax cuts should be extended for people making less than this amount, primarily middle class families, because they are the ones getting hurt the most but the bad economy.

Jenna B. said...

I believe that the government should not do anything different to the taxes, but lower them. If the government charges more, people with less money will become very angry. The only way to make people happy is to lower taxes for everyone. People spend time and put effort into earning money, and it would not be fair for the government to take more away. By taking more money away from people, I feel the economy would begin to drop again. The less taxes people have, the more money people will have left over to spend.

Darcy B said...

I think that the government should not be raising the taxes for people who make over $250,000 dollars a year. We are all equal Americans and we should all pay the same price. I think that tax cuts should be made for people making less than this because if they spend most of their money on taxes than the cannot support their family.

Eric M said...

To tax or not to tax:


I think that the government should not raise taxes to people in America to be able to raise $250,000 dollars per year. I think this because there might be people who are poor and not able to pay all of the taxes now and it will be hard for them to pay even more money. That is why I think the government shouldn’t tax America more.

Casey OB. said...

To tax or not to tax::

In my opinion, taxes should be raised for those who earn over 250k per year. Those people should have money leftover, unlike the people who earn less than 250k. Some people need help with the economy right now and raising their taxes will only make their life harder and rougher. The richer people in society should help our country because some people need it.

Asaki T. said...

I think the government should not raise taxes on people making over $250,000 per year. Since they work hard to deserve that money, they should be paying same amount of taxes as others. It wouldn’t be fair to those people, and they should be able to do anything with that money.
Instead, they should lower the tax. Some people are struggling with paying taxes. They can’t provide enough for their families or themselves because they have to pay taxes. I don’t think it make sense.