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Syzygy321

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93. I once had a patient - young, black, disabled -

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:18 PM

Jul 2015

but still working - who needed a repeat heart valve replacement and didn't have a penny, or Medicaid. The top cardiothoracic surgeon at my hospital was well known for his charitable inclinations. I called him; he did the operation for free. I am sure he lives in a big house and drives a fancy car, but being rich means he doesn't care whether he gets paid. The hospital is the same: they ate all the costs on that lady's hospital stay.

In fact, that happens a lot: people who can't pay get the same treatment as those who can, inside the hospital. (And this is a private hospital.) I am proud to be a doctor and I appreciate my good life. Thanks for your words.

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Walt Palmer (poacher) is proof that wealth does not trickle down and that the rich are undertaxed. [View all] tenderfoot Jul 2015 OP

i said something similar in a different thread yesterday restorefreedom Jul 2015 #1

Ironically, they complain about today's already low tax rate. Democrats_win Jul 2015 #2

huh? hill2016 Jul 2015 #3

Your concern has been duly noted. tenderfoot Jul 2015 #4

I was pointing out hill2016 Jul 2015 #17

No. I made the same point in another board. Springslips Jul 2015 #65

how about this Skittles Jul 2015 #72

Newbies aren't allowed to do that dumbcat Jul 2015 #115

Yeah, 50K for a wedding is excessive. Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #6

well hill2016 Jul 2015 #15

So you agree, 50K is excessive. Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #24

+1 BeanMusical Jul 2015 #86

of all of Mrs. Clinton's supporters that I know and have known CreekDog Jul 2015 #7

That's what Limbaugh used to call her back in the '90s. Ilios Meows Jul 2015 #16

yeah, i'm waiting for that one to slip and call her "Billary" CreekDog Jul 2015 #18

LOL. I remember that one! Ilios Meows Jul 2015 #25

Then what? pintobean Jul 2015 #64

then you'll chime in to tell everyone I was right CreekDog Jul 2015 #78

Lol! BeanMusical Jul 2015 #87

I happen to like hill2016 Jul 2015 #20

50k for a wedding? Good gawd almighty that's obscene. Juicy_Bellows Jul 2015 #8

depends if you're also flying relatives in, because they can't afford to be there otherwise. haele Jul 2015 #79

Wait - think about it Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #84

I don't know what ours cost, but it must have been obscene DFW Jul 2015 #91

This douche has gone on many obscenely expensive trophy hunts. City Lights Jul 2015 #10

no.the point is they CAN afford to pay higher taxes JI7 Jul 2015 #19

depends: do they live in Manhattan? CreekDog Jul 2015 #21

? Yeah and you'd never find a person like him Ever Duppers Jul 2015 #26

Actually I know a guy Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #90

How did you come t that conclusion from what the OP wrote? notadmblnd Jul 2015 #27

let's examine the premise hill2016 Jul 2015 #36

That's a false equivalency and is a logical fallacy notadmblnd Jul 2015 #40

sorry hill2016 Jul 2015 #60

Again with the reading comprehension notadmblnd Jul 2015 #62

huh hill2016 Jul 2015 #63

Hi; not taking sides in this subthread Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #92

me too hill2016 Jul 2015 #102

Please answer. Or I am gonna die Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #123

50K would have built schools in Zimbabwe. Ilios Meows Jul 2015 #5

Hiya, Ilios Meows! City Lights Jul 2015 #11

Thanks! Ilios Meows Jul 2015 #14

Oh hell, it could help a few underfunded schools here.. whathehell Jul 2015 #59

In the ideal situation Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #85

Yes, because Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #9

Your slip is totally showing tenderfoot Jul 2015 #23

Oh to hear that knock at the door, the driver standing there with a steaming box -- byronius Jul 2015 #75

Are you part of the one percent? notadmblnd Jul 2015 #28

No, I'm not Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #32

Are you saying that the rich already pay enough taxes? notadmblnd Jul 2015 #33

I think the government could manage its $$$ Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #38

then advocating for the rich is just merely a hobby for you? notadmblnd Jul 2015 #44

I'm not advocating for the rich Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #54

yes you are advocating for the rich here. notadmblnd Jul 2015 #61

I hope the 30+ year free ride the wealthy have been enjoying comes to an end. tenderfoot Jul 2015 #34

Well-- Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #35

Oh the poor put upon doctors who charge through the nose for their services. tenderfoot Jul 2015 #39

I see you didn't answer my question Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #41

Some people become doctors because they actually about people. tenderfoot Jul 2015 #47

Yup Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #49

They take an oath - so yeah. tenderfoot Jul 2015 #50

I am one of those doctors :) Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #95

I am genuinely curious about a couple things uppityperson Jul 2015 #97

I think I stumbled across it while searching the Internet Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #99

DU is a big tent. uppityperson Jul 2015 #104

Well, for example, look at this thread. Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #107

Hah - a perfect example is Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #118

which post was alerted, what were jury results, remarks? Aha, this one? uppityperson Jul 2015 #119

So if a doctor dbackjon Jul 2015 #106

Hah, doubtful! Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #110

That is far too extreme dbackjon Jul 2015 #114

It's not about 'confiscation of excess income,' it's about taxing wealth more than we do now Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #42

Sure-- Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #48

At one time the rich were taxed a rate of 94% currently they pay no more than about 35% notadmblnd Jul 2015 #51

About that 94% tax rate . . . Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #52

Right. And Kennedy lowered it to 70% or so d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #77

Ahhh - but that was the beauty of the old tax rates ... Whiskeytide Jul 2015 #89

Did I say they paid it? I dont think so. notadmblnd Jul 2015 #111

Nobody ever paid anything close to 91% of their income in taxes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #101

I once had a patient - young, black, disabled - Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #93

perhaps a luxury tax of $500 on every $250,000 hunt? or a Federal tax of dollar a bullet? Sunlei Jul 2015 #29

A luxury tax would be a good thing Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #43

telling people what they can do with their own $$ is only okay when it involves poor people... tenderfoot Jul 2015 #45

Yes, and limiting what can be puchased with food stamps. tosh Jul 2015 #53

My area has a huge drug problem - Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #98

I appreciate what you are saying Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #103

Results... Major Nikon Jul 2015 #109

Please google the article Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #120

The OP simple said tax people that rich more treestar Jul 2015 #76

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #96

Actually all money DOES belong to the government. johnp3907 Jul 2015 #31

I can only imagine the convenience of possessing a mind which allows one to see in terms... LanternWaste Jul 2015 #55

Yeah, me too Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #58

Your superiority is noted. byronius Jul 2015 #74

There's another "good thing" that comes from it. jeff47 Jul 2015 #12

50k is cheap for those hunts because it was a lion.They cough-up much more for endangered species. Sunlei Jul 2015 #13

The rich require exotic thrills. DirkGently Jul 2015 #22

It's an addiction. BeanMusical Jul 2015 #70

The issue is about who inherits the earth and its biota swilton Jul 2015 #30

with the mudslinging from Planned Parenthood PatrynXX Jul 2015 #37

An earthquake caused by fracking Ilios Meows Jul 2015 #67

Well, that's just goldang Leveler talk. byronius Jul 2015 #46

If Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #57

And why is the cut-off $250k? hill2016 Jul 2015 #69

I'm just slinging numbers out from the hip, so to speak. byronius Jul 2015 #116

Because they love the work? byronius Jul 2015 #71

You make really thoughtful points. Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #100

Thank you for that response. byronius Jul 2015 #108

Thanks. Makes sense to me. Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #112

I will add that I didn't mean to Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #113

An odd point of history to add to Whiskeytide's response -- byronius Jul 2015 #117

I think it's kind of hard to be a good heart transplant surgeon CreekDog Jul 2015 #80

I often say that the uber-wealthy ought to be taxed out of existence. hunter Jul 2015 #56

Well said. byronius Jul 2015 #73

His wealth compared to yours is nothing compared to... Taitertots Jul 2015 #66

Do firefighters 'deserve' to earn their money? Ilios Meows Jul 2015 #68

Proof that wealth does not trickle down? Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #81

No no fucking role anywhere. You have the same genes. lonestarnot Jul 2015 #83

As the wildlife? Or the hunters? Syzygy321 Jul 2015 #88

It is pretty clear what you were touting, so why do you ask me to explain what you stated? No role lonestarnot Aug 2015 #121

Your hostility puzzled me Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #122

Not just the rates, but where those rates fall... JHB Jul 2015 #82

Well, he's certainly been accused of "shining a spotlight" on something. Fawke Em Jul 2015 #94

+1000000000000 dbackjon Jul 2015 #105