auntblabby wrote:
John_Browning wrote:
Have you ever considered that the rich people earned their money and it is rightfully theirs?
warren buffet recently admitted that his hired help pay a higher proportion of their salaries in taxes than he ever did. how can this be a good thing? the working class works harder for their meager money than the upper class could ever imagine. why should only the "little people" pay much of what little they make, in taxes? progressive taxation is the only thing in the public policy maker's toolkit that can begin to address the problem of unequal access to society's resources, of which rich people generally get more than their share.
should the tea partiers get their wish, that only those with fat wallets should have access to police and fire protection, public parks, health care, libraries, polling place access, etc.? you may consider that kind of stinking dystopia to be heaven on earth, but that is just not my cup of tea.
1) That would depend on whether you want to reform the tax system, or if you just want to slap a new tax against the rich's money or against alcohol, cigarettes, or some other item or service to finance a new pet government agency. The former would be acceptable. The latter is the result of electing politicians that have no concept of money management.
2) The tea party isn't going to eliminate any of those things. The tea party is not so big that it can force an agenda in most areas without support from moderates.
Obres wrote:
Real wealth isn't earned, never has been, and probably never will be. It's taken, stolen, fabricated, conspired for, and skimmed off the top, but if you believe any of the truly wealthy- that any billionaire in the history of the world has done a billion dollars worth of work or even, all by himself, has had ideas that had that much value, then I'd like to interest you in buying the Brooklyn Bridge. The really rich make their fortunes primarily off the work and ideas of others, no exceptions.
It's not so much about working hard as it is working smart. Working hard usually doesn't get you very far without brains involved. And if billionaires' ideas aren't woth billions of dollars, why are they paid that much for them. Do you mean to say that Bill Gates didn't have an idea to create a company that eventually had a half trillion dollar public demand for it's products? Billionaires ideas are worth what they are because that's what the market value really is for them.
LiberalJustice wrote:
I would repeal any and all unconstitutional laws!
The definition of "unconstitutional" is hotly debated. Can you be more specific?
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11 Jun 2010, 1:57 pm
