Not exact matches
«Rather, growth in disposable
income (and thus in consumption) has been sustained
since last year by another $ 1.4 trillion in
tax cuts and extended transfer payments, implying another $ 1.4 trillion of public
debt.»
The draft legislation is the latest in a series of
income cuts,
tax hikes and reforms imposed on austerity - weary Greeks
since 2010, when the
debt crisis exploded that brought Greece to the brink of bankruptcy and expulsion from the eurozone — the club of European Union countries that use the euro currency.
The chancellor announced a # 20 billion fiscal stimulus which will double the national
debt, cut value - added
tax for the first time
since before 1997 and increased
income tax to 45 per cent for those earning over # 150,000.
Of course, unlike your earned
income, «forgiven
debt income» is rather ghostly,
since you didn't really get $ 7,125 in cash from which you could draw the $ 1,069 in
tax.
Since you get a break on your
income taxes as a result of having your mortgage, paying it off should be less urgent than paying off
debt that has no
tax advantage.
, and (3) many don't have
debt ratios to qualify,
since (3a) many were liar loans to begin with, or (3b) they've racked up too much new
debt to pay spiralling property
tax, energy, health insurance and food costs, or (3c)
incomes have fallen or (3d) they qualified for the subprime loan at 45 - 50 %
debt ratios and don't meet the 43/45 % FHA total
debt ratio.
This structure is simple, comprehensive and
tax free,
since the contributions are in the form of
debts, rather than
income.
The next point made is that the Domino strategy I suggested asks you to forego the cashflow for 12 years, pay
taxes on the interim
income to pay down
debt since depreciation doesn't cover all the
income.