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It doesn't matter what the published rate is

Posted on: January 15, 2019 at 12:22:21 CT

Mormad MU

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it matters what the "effective" rate is. I can give you a published rate of 85% and then grant enough deductions to get it down to a much lower effective rate. The devil is in the details.

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MrBlueSky, do you support your tax rate raised to 84%?(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 1/15 12:20:10

I've said many times before that modest tax increases - MrBlueSky MU - 1/15 13:18:08

40% is a lot. (nm) - ummmm MU - 1/15 14:06:07

I never said it wasn't a lot... - MrBlueSky MU - 1/15 14:47:59

That's not the appropriate question. - ummmm MU - 1/15 15:08:13

It doesn't matter what the published rate is - Mormad MU - 1/15 12:22:21

I understand this. I'm just curious if MrBlueSky is a - TigerMatt STL - 1/15 12:23:17

It also depends on the "bucket" - Mormad MU - 1/15 12:25:08

We don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending - hokie VT - 1/15 12:30:00

Nope - raskolnikov MU - 1/15 13:07:12

It's 535 to the nth degree - Mormad MU - 1/15 13:05:15

It’s a revenue problem - pickle MU

- 1/15 12:51:41

There's a revenue problem too. - ummmm MU - 1/15 12:35:11

I think we're saying the same thing. We have more than - hokie VT - 1/15 12:37:17

No, we're not saying the same thing. - ummmm MU - 1/15 12:42:40

like on walls and police(nm) - meatiger MU - 1/15 12:42:27