Ernest Schaal wrote:

> in article T7uAc.44199$tA6.15747@nwrddc03.gnilink.net, Kevin Wayne Williams
> at kww.nihongo@verizon.nut wrote on 6/18/04 1:24 PM:
> 
> 
>>Ernest Schaal wrote:
>>
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>>>Although there has been proposals to have the poor pay a "negative tax"
>>>(i.e., get a sum of money instead of paying a sum of money), to my knowledge
>>>those proposals were never adopted.
>>>
>>
>>EIC can result in a refund greater than taxes paid in. That's a negative
>>tax rate in my book. The citations that Mr. Fester posted concur, and
>>describe that tax burden on the bottom 20% of the population as negative.
> 
> Does Mike realize that?
> 

Apparently not. Throws the whole "proportionate" argument out of whack 
when you consider small numbers extremely close to zero.
KWW