Kevin Dockery, one of the organizers of the Greensboro tax day Tea Parties told me today that the nascent fiscal conservative movement needs to be more racially inclusive.
"One of the major oversights we had was that we failed to reach out to all demographics," he said. "The moment I looked out at the fifteen hundred to two thousand people in attendance, I realized that we missed the opportunity to reach out to the black American community and the Latin American community. I'm going to make sure we address that in our future organizing."
Dockery, an unemployed motorcycle technician and registered Democrat, told me that he'll start addressing the movement's lack of diversity at the next organizing meeting at his house on Wednesday.
(I have to say that I'm impressed with the transparency of any group that invites me to their organizing meeting. To get information about the meeting, Dockery recommends connecting through Facebook.)
"There are a lot of people who want to handle things with kid gloves, but we're past that," Dockery told me. "It's time we stand up. You're not going to spend your way out of a recession.... You're going to tax us in the future for your present misguidance.... In ten years we're going to be strapped to the federal government so much we're going to be hating life."
Dockery said about 35 percent of his income went to taxes this year, adding that President Obama's $26 tax rebate "will barely even fill the gas tank. That's an insult.
"I want a 20 percent cut. I want an extra $20,000 in my pocket at the end of the year."
UPDATE, April 21, 12:04 a.m.: Information about the next Greensboro Tax Day Tea Party Meet-Up here.
6 comments:
"I want a 20 percent cut. I want an extra $20,000 in my pocket at the end of the year," said Dockery, an unemployed motorcycle technician.
Huh?
@Roch; I was a District Technical Service Manager for American Suzuki Motor Corporation in Brea, CA until April 1, 2009. Jordan didn't get my job correct.
I paid in total taxes including property, state and federal income taxes, and all other sales taxes $35,138.00 and our joint tax return still over paid! I got refunds from both NC and Federal.
So Huh!
In order for a 20% cut to yield an extra $20,000, you'd have to be paying $100,000 a year in federal income taxes alone currently -- an income of roughly $350,000 per year.
Maybe you meant that you want $20,000 more on a $100,000 per year combined income -- which would not be a 20% cut, it would be approximately a 90% cut.
Kevin, I questioned your $20,000 figure too, but I wanted to include it to allow you to make your point and to generate discussion. I'm not particularly good with numbers, but if you paid $35,138 in taxes and your tax burden were reduced by 20 percent, wouldn't that translate into a savings of $7,027.60?
I'm sorry if I'm not making myself clear.
I paid 35% or $35,000 in total taxes last year, All taxes. Not just federal income tax.
I want to pay only 15% or $15,000. in total taxes, all taxes a person would pay in every transaction, embeded ect.
35%-20%= 15%
$35,000-$20,000= $15,000
"I want to pay only 15% or $15,000."
Ah, then you want a 57% reduction in your taxes ($20,000 is 57% of $35,000).
Post a Comment