BOO HOO: “You work your butt off & you end up with next to nothing (but about $2 million this year)”

[kpete]

Mr. President, Have Pity On The Working Man
By: TBogg Thursday December 27, 2012 10:25 pm


Courtesy of the NY Post, here is one of the people John Boehner and the Republicans are protecting from the onerous confiscatory upper end tax increase from 35 percent to 39.6 percent:

They’re ready to jump off a real cliff.

New Yorkers of all income levels got a rude awakening yesterday when they saw in The Post how much more they will pay in taxes next year without a fiscal-cliff deal by Jan. 1.

[...]

Clothing designer Peter Opie, of Canary Wharf Clothier, made about $2 million this year — and would see his tax bill spike by a staggering $100,000.

“The system is nuts here — it’s madness personified!” he said

“We were impacted massively by the hurricane — and now there is this,” said Opie. “You work your butt off and you end up with next to nothing.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/jumping_out_of_their_kins_SpNwWIBDvSotYbcF7bQZ3O

Oh look, here are some kids who worked in coal mines for $3 a week!



I’m sorry. What was Peter Opie saying about “working your butt off”?

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/jumping_out_of_their_kins_SpNwWIBDvSotYbcF7bQZ3O
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/12/27/mr-president-have-pity-on-the-working-man-3/

[unblock]

1. if he wants to pay less in taxes, i'll trade his take-home pay for mine....

i'd be thrilled to pay an extra $100,000 in taxes if it meant $2,000,000 in income!

[abelenkpe]

25. +1000 nt

[liberal N proud]

2. I knew this conservative idiot who would not take overtime because he would have to pay more taxes

He was making between $45K and $50K/year literally did not want to make more money because the dollars he would pay in taxes would be higher. Not necessarily the percentage but the actual dollars.

I could never get through to him that was a good thing because it would mean he had more in his pocket! They are always looking at the dark side and never seeing the bright side.

I wish I had to pay $100K in taxes, that would mean I was making a hell of a lot of money and wouldn't have to worry what they do with my job next month.

[Mariana]

12. A lot of the idiot teabagger types just refuse to understand

the concept of marginal rates. Most of them pay a miniscule percentage of their overall income in Federal Income Tax, but you won't ever see them go calculate it because they want to believe their taxes are excessive.

[bluestate10]

27. Most of the baggers I meet are struggling poor. I remember a cab driver who was a bagger,

There I was, heading to a nice hotel for a stay trying to convince the guy that the government was actually HIS friend.

[WoodyD]

17. Sounds familiar

One of my husband's co-workers (super-conservative Republican) is on every government program imaginable. She actually carries around a black binder to keep track of them all, and spends loads of company time filling out forms and looking online for more programs she can get on. Single mom, won't marry her live-in boy-friend (also a big Rep) because then she won't be eligible for some of the programs. A couple of years ago she turned down a raise for the same reason.

The kicker is she's always complaining about "all those government freeloaders." But *she's* not a freeloader because . . . white, I guess. Hubby tries to tell her that the Republicans want to cut those programs, but she insists he's wrong. "They wouldn't cut anything that helps ME. They only cut the ones for the freeloaders."

[bluestate10]

26. WOW, just WOW. How much more disconnected from reality can she be? nt

[socialist_n_TN]

40. I've got one. Third hand, but......

it came from a member of the Middle Tennessee Labor Council, so it's possible it's true. He said a HOMELESS woman told him she voted Republican because Obama was going to raise her taxes!!!! Homeless and a Republican. I was aghast.

[Care Acutely]

21. I've seen that used as an excuse, usually by lazy-asses.

Claiming they don't want to try for a promotion or work more hours because it would mean more taxes. Coincidentally, it would also require more . . . yunno . . . actual work.

[barbtries]

3. where's the violin smilie

they don't even perceive how ridiculous they sound. poor them.

[progressoid]

4. Hey Peter,

[WoodyD]

18. How much more could I love George Takei?

The answer is none. None more. He's all kinds of awesome.

[Barack_America]

5. My heart is breaking for that guy.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Is it just my imagination, or do people like Opie whine a lot more

than people who really have something to whine ABOUT?

Either way, here's my contribution to Opie, poor little oppressed delicate flower that he is:

[neverforget]

7. Won't you please think of the millionaires???????

[TeamPooka]

8. somebody call the waaah-mbulance!

[TeamPooka]

9. Save The Rich (video)

[DirkGently]

10. Excellent. (nt)

[BarackTheVote]

39. I think I'm in love

[TeamPooka]

41. get in line

[Javaman]

11. 2 mill and a 5% raise in taxes

he can afford it.

[Cleita]

13. My dad was one of those kids in the picture at the turn of the century except

that he worked in copper mines for $1 a week. I still have his rescue tag that would identify him in case he died in a tunnel collapse.

[louis-t]

14. Uh, by my calculation, he will pay $80,500 more.

Not $100,000. 4.6% of $1.75 mil. I think my figures are right(?)

[TeamPooka]

38. that was my math too. The fool can make money but cant calculate...sigh.

[Sirveri]

43. The other tiers also increase if we fail to make a bargain.

Ends up being around 20401.244 dollars depending on how you do the math. Note, that this is the increase if you make around 388k a year. The tiers actually shift around fairly substantially. Also I was using the 2003 figures compared to 2000, so my numbers might be off. But should be close.

[marble falls]

15. Peter OPie is welcome to change places me and I will gladly GLADLY pay his rightfull taxes with ....

no whining whatsoever.

[geardaddy]

16. No surprise that the Post is using figures from

a right-wing, anti-tax source.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Foundation

[Enrique]

19. how can a designer make $2 million

and yet neither he nor his company can be found with Google?

[downandoutnow]

20. Yes, but you need about $2 million a year just to survive...

if you live in New York City, LA or San Fran. That's barely middle class!

[bluestate10]

23. Not true. I live in an expensive east-coast region. A salary of $2 million

is rich. If he was making $250,000 and had a family, then I would say he had a case.

[duffyduff]

36. I think the person was employing sarcasm. n/t

[bluestate10]

22. Does anyone know what brands he designs for? Would be good to avoid buying them.

That asshole will learn then that paying $100,000 on $2 million salary is no fucking burden.

[riderinthestorm]

37. Its in the OP, Canary Wharf Clothier (whoever they are). nt

[hifiguy]

24. The French revolution knew how

to effectively deal with pieces of human sewage like this turd.

[ornotna]

28. plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

[NBachers]

34. We're still paying the price for the Age of Reagan

[DaveJ]

29. You work your butt off...

It really sickens me how rich people think they earned all their money by working extra hard, implying the rest of us must not be working hard enough.

It's highly offensive, actually.

I then wonder if these douche bags are just too stupid to know what they are saying... are they jaded, assholes, or just a combination of all those things.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. "What was Peter Opie saying about “working your butt off”?"

Fortunately Obamacare covers proctology..

[HiPointDem]

32. kind of misleading op i think. as i understand the brief material in the article, he *made* $2 mill,

that's not what he takes home after taxes. what he takes home after taxes isn't specified, just that he thinks another 100,000 is going to be added to his tax bill.

[Skidmore]

33. Wonder how much conspicuous consumption this fool engages in

after he's done exploiting people to produce his clothing. I loathe the fashion industry with all my heart. Just absolutely despise it.

[ornotna]

35. Boo Hoo indeed

Why would a British designer based in England be pissing and moaning about US taxes. Doesn't pass the smell test.

http://www.cdrex.com/canary-wharf-clothiers-uk-limited-853429.html

[Raine]

42. He's a designer and only made $2 million!?! He must be a crap designer

he should get a real job digging ditches, mining, assembly line etc instead of holding a job where his talents are so under-rewarded, duh.