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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:40 PM Original message |
Why do you think the rich should pay more? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why do people deserve other peoples money? Will you pay for my vacation? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. If I were a BILLIONAIRE, I'd give more than that. Don't project your own avarice on others. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Unlike you, I don't want to live in a "Mad Max" world. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. i think it's good advice |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Wow, you never would have survived during the Eisenhower era. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. The same way I can get downtown in 20 minutes. |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. It's not "your" money unless you earned it with your own labor. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #56 |
74. BINGO! The rich should pay more because ......... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #56 |
85. Say it again. n/t |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
68. we do not live in isolated bubbles |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
70. A Democrat I know has actually been living there |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
77. Is that really what you think taxes are, shithead? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. um, everytime the government taxes it takes "other people's money". |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #79 |
93. +1 |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
82. No one deserves anything. "Deserve" is a phantom. The questions should be, |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
84. First of all..... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't. I just don't think they should be able to take advantage of loopholes that |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's why I hope they come up with a flat tax percentage with absolutely no deductions |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. That always seems to make sense to me, but people who understand economics |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
69. It depends on what you consider works ... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Let's do the math, shall we? Would you rather live weekly on 90% of $100 or 90% of $1,000? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Exactly.... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
59. Of course you do. All libertarians hope for that. nt |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. why would a right wing libertarian be posting on DU? |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. There are left wing libertarians. I fall into that category |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. That is why I said 'right wing libertarian', |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. ah... I mistook your question..... n/t |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The loop holes are designed to nudge certain economic behavior |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. x2 |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Things work better when they do |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Good point.... |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's very simple- they've got the majority of the wealth in this country as |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. It is simple, but you missed the simplest point |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
76. There's a limit to how much you can cut........... |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Once you made it, you are pretty safe"... how much do we spend |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Citizens should repay in proportion to the benefit they gain from living ... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Basically what I said.... |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because they have more and won't miss a penny |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. They should pay their "fair share", which should be relative to the percentage paid |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Yes and no loop holes...(IRS) |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Absolutely. With loopholes & countless tax-deduction creativity, where's the |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. "Relative" ? If I pay 10%, billionaire pays 10%? |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. As in comparable. |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. The more I have in my bank account, the more resouces I use from the local government - |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Why don't the ones who make the laws understand that? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #49 |
65. Umm... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Great point.... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. Patriotism? A desire to serve the common interest? Loyalty to the society they belong to? Gratitude? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
62. Because it's the right thing to do? Because a healthy middle class actually benefits them too? |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Paying salaries, obviously, since they own the government n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because they pay MUCH LESS of a percentage of income to SOCIAL---as in, SOCIETY---Security, for |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. ARE YOU PEOPLE INSANE? The old tax rates had loopholes that included |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. We want to invest in ourselves! We don't want to have to |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. use the tax code to entice those WITH money to invest in America..it worked for years |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Wouldn't it be better if |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. SURE...but how to entice ANY BUSINESS to create jobs in America as opposed |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. Look at it like this |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Simply put ... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. because wealthy people benefit more since laws make it possible for them to make more n keep it lol |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. Because saying the rich create jobs is bull |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think anyone who voted for Bush or supported the Iraq Invasion should pay more. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. Oh, as the disaster of Reaganomics continues to unfold, they WILL pay more |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. Poor people with only saving accounts don't even get interest anymore. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. Because the only way to get rich these days |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
96. Confirms my suspicions. About half of congress members are |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. Beacaue the original thing was set up only to have the top 1-4% to pay ALL income taxes |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. Why do you think the rich should keep paying less? What is your justification? |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
37. Noblesse oblige. With privilege comes responsibility. People have |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Poor people don't really have enough to sustain roads etc. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. We ALL benefit from those things and the rich benefit the most. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
40. Because if person A earns $25,000 and person B earns $25,000,000... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
43. At one time, they needed America and its consumers.. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Eventually they will outsource to America. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. It may sooner than we think? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
50. 1% in a country should not control 55 percent of the country's wealth. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. We are approaching France pre Revolution disparity... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Back when the working poor got the guillotine out. . . I see that happening again! |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
51. What a great discussion. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Wealth should not be measured in quantity... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
55. To whom much is given, much is expected in return. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. delete.. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
61. Because they have more |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
67. "To whom much is given, much is expected" |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
71. BECAUSE THEY USE MORE OF THE COMMONS. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
72. As a whole, the rich are doing much better, while everyone else is doing worse |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
73. Yeah, golly. Bill Gates and I have an average income in the billions! |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
75. Because that's where the money is? |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
78. The current tax deal raises taxes on the poor |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Stop repeating that lie nt |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. About $210 more |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
80. Because the country is in a bad financial state |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
89. Because right now they are not paying their share percentagewise. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
90. Easy answer. The rich got a lot of help getting rich - pay up bitches. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
91. The wealth is not clear and free. |
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the redcoat (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
92. My reason is because of exponential growth |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
95. Because people like me will kill them and take it anyways if the country falls apart. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Very good point! The rich have been riding on the back of a tiger |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
98. If you dig deap enough you'll find a lot of people are poor because the rich are rich |
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