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Originally posted by Wertdagf
reply to post by GeorgiaGirl
O yeah i know how hard the rich had to work.... LOL
Sitting in an office making some phone calls. I wonder how much we could increase the pay of chinese factory workers if we cut the takehome pay of its CEO in half... maybe from 300,000 down to 150,000 Hopefully that fool can manage to live off of 150,000 a year for sitting at a desk.
Hate taxes? Hate Big Government? Then you can move to glorious Somalia and enjoy "freedom" from taxes and government! The nirvana of a libertarian paradise by the sea. Yes you can keep it all in Somalia.
Originally posted by Laokin
Originally posted by beezzer
Originally posted by jacklondonmiller
They should pay more and entitlements should be reformed.
And there you have it!
Could have come straight from the Obama administration. The wealthy need to pay their "fair share". And 71% isn't fair enough yet.
To the OP, nice.
Simple, clear and to the point.
It's not, it's clearly misleading. They pay more money, because they make more, but they pay a smaller percentage out of the money they earn than the rest of us.
It just so happens that if you make more money a lower % ends up being a higher figure. This is how math works.
A simple example.
10% of 100 is 10.
10% of 200 is 20.
That means, 5% of 400 is also 20.
This means 5% of 800 is 40.
So if you make $800 and I make $100 and you pay 5%($40) and I pay 10%($10), you contribute more money, even though I paid in more money on what I earned than you who made 8x what I did.
This is not fair, especially once you consider the fact that those with the $800 have more to spare, and those with the one hundred can barely live, yet the ones with the $100 have to pay more on that $100, even though they can't really afford to.
The OPs Figure of 71% is the total amount of taxes paid, NOT the percentage of what they pay on what they earn.
It's really quite simple. If you don't do it this way, the finite amount of resources gets consolidated into the hands of the wealthy and the government, leaving the rest of the country broke, amongst a myriad of other scams living along side of the tax codes and exemptions for those with power money.
edit on 21-2-2012 by Laokin because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wertdagf
because i can guarantee they would rather erase you from the face of the world than live in a utopia.
Originally posted by Wertdagf
reply to post by GeorgiaGirl
Your money is going to be meaningless eventually.
Unfortunatley the internet never forgets.... by not using everything you have to help the people around you is gonna put some large amounts of egg on your face...
Someday all of those chinese workers are gonna have flying cars... you better hope that you didnt kill someones only love with greed.. because i can garantee they would rather erase you from the face of the world than live in a utopia.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by Laokin
Hence, you ARE pushing propaganda.
So you think I am purposefully and dangerously trying to deceive people? Do you agree with the other poster who said I am an instigator of class warfare?
Wow, I didnt know this posting thing could become this serious.
Originally posted by Laokin
The intention isn't what makes it "propaganda" -- if it were, we'd all be immune to it, wouldn't we?
The U.S. tax system is highly progressive. The top 1 percent of income earners paid 40 percent of all federal income taxes in 2006,
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by Laokin
.If it's not a lack of understanding in math, then there was a clear agenda with this thread which means you know exactly what you did.
So I'm going to presume you've made a naive mistake, rather than to jump to the conclusion that this thread is part of a conspiracy itself.
However, it can only be one or the other. There is no third option.
You presume that Im either stupid or part of a conspiracy and there is no third option. But there is: I dont really believe that rich people should be taxed disproportionately more because I believe in not punishing success.
The real issue is not just income inequality it is about democracy.