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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:08 PM Original message |
Ok Taxing the rich raises its ugly head yet again |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. They rake in all the money ... too bad. forget the Freepers, they really don't count. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, when you make most of the money |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. The top 10% has something like 90% of all wealth. Good deal for them! nt |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And many have very little "earned" income |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I didn't have room to make that point! Tax code has shifted to favor investors over workers. nt |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yep - and don't even bring up the so called "death tax" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. @#*! nt |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Exactly! |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I can't tell you how many times I've had to explain that to people |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Right! The rich pay so many taxes "in theory" |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. the "happiest people on earth", the Danes pay 50% in taxes |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. OMG there was stupid as crap LTTE in my local rag today about that very thing |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Yeah funny thing about nit witts is they can't seem to grasp |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. And it's just as easy to reverse her argument about jobs |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Not this nit witt she believes business can survive without |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And global warming will be great because there will be more beachfront property! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. To such people, I suggest a thought experiment |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Great exercise! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Republicanites also lie and say that corporate income taxes harm businesses |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. The rich have learned how to bitch and moan so they don't have to be taxed. |
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dothan29 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. ON taxes I agree with Ron Paul |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It's not "the death tax", dang it - it's the ESTATE tax, and it only applies to very large estates. |
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