Financial Profiling & Discrimination if You Make over $250k a Year
I make more than $250k a year. I am a 40 years old and married. I am the target of discriminatory laws being contemplated to raise taxes, eliminate mortgage interest deductions and a laundry list of other items directed at the demographic I occupy. Any law designed to target or benefit specific races, classes or individuals is discriminatory. Financial discrimination in a Capitalist Society is about as vile and backwards as I can imagine. I believe I am the first to bring light to this issue in America as a legal and constitutional violation. My Civil Rights are being violated.
Discrimination Definition: Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice
As a Noun: Unfair treatment of a person, racial group, or minority
Discrimination of any sort under any condition in America is illegal when it comes to race but not when it comes to income – laws need to be amended for sure. Discriminating against a bracket of individuals and families based on income has not been brought before our judicial system. Where is the ACLU now? Also, if racial profiling was found to be illegal by the Supreme Court wouldn’t financial profiling be a case worthy of a serious hearing and debate. I think so and I for one will take the cause head on.
If taxes are being raised then taxes need to be raised on everyone equally. Singling out one demographic or another and passing laws that clearly target that demographic while the same laws advantage another demographic is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Racial Profiling and Discrimination have been issues that ripped through America, the media and the courts. I think financial profiling and discrimination is equally horrifying and deserves this country’s utmost attention.
If I am a black man driving down the road or a Muslim the likelihood that I am going to be pulled over is greater than if I were say a Caucasian. This is true and will be true despite profiling laws although they do limit the instances. As an American tax payer I am 100% likely to be pulled over and shaken down by Uncle Sam for my money. This isn’t just redistribution of wealth or Robin Hood this is a constitutional, legal and ethical argument. Hey we have an Equal Rights Amendment don’t we? What about Equal Rights for the Americans that have been lucky enough to earn more than $250k a year!
This is a clear black and white issue. No one based on any characteristics, ethnicity, sex, financial or otherwise should be singled out and treated differently than others in this country. But under the proposed laws coming out of the White House that is exactly what is happening. This is such an obvious Civil Rights Issue I can’t imagine that Republicans, The Media, Watch Dog Groups, Lobbyist and the general population hasn’t marched on Washington yet.
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Even setting the discrimination issue aside, which is egregious anyway, this country did not get into this economic mess by not having enough debt or spending too little. How the hell does anyone in their right mind believe that loading the country up with extraordinary debt and spending more, will get us out of the mess?
$200,000 - $273,438 80.99%
this is your tax bracket from 1950. You should go give Bush and his buddies a big hug. Personally I think we should go back to the '50s, at least in terms of taxes. The poverty line is currently about $11,000 a year for a single person.
Go live on that a few years then come back and complain about taxes.
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