The Rich Get Richer (So what, pray tell, is wrong with that statement?)

Salt Lake Tribune ^ | June 6, 2006 | Editorial

[bassmaner]

The hypocrisy of the left regarding the estate tax is truly breathtaking. It's mostly small businesses and farmers that are hurt by it: the really super rich (hint: the 2 US Senators from Massachusetts fall into this category) usually find a way to avoid the tax. Their assets are buried in 'foundations', or are squirreled away in Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, or some other offshore tax haven.

So it's basically the middle class that gets squeezed once again: the so-called 'bourgeousie' that the left despises, while the 'vanguard' class remains unaffected. If that isn't enough proof that today's 'Rats are Stalinists, then I don't know what is.

[Reactionary]

The rich get richer, it's true. But that is nothing compared to the fact that the libnuts get more and petulant with their journalistic spew.

[andy58-in-nh]

Ahh class warfare. Ain't it grand?

Yes, it is; if only because it works so well. There is a seemingly limitless attraction of many to those who preach freedom while creating dependency.

[Protagoras]

Only a demented mind could consider not stealing from someone to be a subsidy.

[Protagoras]

They have already taken a bounteous share of what the rich make in comparison to the poor, but to have to give it back is foreign to the nature.

Give it back? They are going to write the people a check?

[blitzgig]

If the rich are getting richer, that's fine with me! It makes increased investment more likely and paves the way for job growth. I hope the looney leftists pardon me for my failure to be alarmed and offended! LOL :)

[Tulane]

Their whole argument is this:

"It's not fair your parents earned a lot of dough and mine didn't. Therefore, I want you to take the money from you."

[Protagoras]

I know what their argument is, I'm just pointing out the nonsensical use of the word subsidy.

[wita]

Nailed. Unfortunately it isn't on the door of the cathedral, and no one is listening or reading, since the poor who are life's suckers, outnumber those who break their backs contributing.

[Disambiguator]

You know the leftists are winning the war of words when they can with a straight face call not stealing your wealth a 'subsidy'.

This bears repeating, repeatedly!

Allowing people to keep their own money IS NOT A SUBSIDY!!!

[wita]

Well, you know what I mean, give it back in relation to repeal of the estate tax, which I am guessing will be bad mouthed so much it won't make the repeal. No, give it back was a liberal slip of the tongue, and words have meaning. Good catch. Something I tend to do in relation to our once Representative Republic, that has in the words of liberals, become a democracy.

[stockstrader]

Only a liberal could possibly consider 'DYING'--a TAXABLE EVENT!

[wita]

When we were teenagers, fair meant everything, but then some of had a distorted or selfish view of fair. It appears that teenage view has slid into adulthood.

[Mr. Jeeves]

But because the money pays for things that benefit everyone, the government's 90-year history of taxing the transfer of large pots of money from one generation to the next is both reasonable and fair.

Translation: "But because the money pays for things that benefit everyone, the government's 90-year history of taxing - FILL IN THE BLANK - is both reasonable and fair."

[wita]

What's next, THE INTERNET? Sorry, I had to say it.

[Age of Reason]

The Rich Get Richer (So what, pray tell, is wrong with that statement?)

That's how feudalism gets started.

[Age of Reason]

In an ideal world, kids would be kicked out of the house at 21 and left to fend for themselves without a cent from their parents.

Best thing for the brats. Better than unearned millions.

But only if it is true for everyone's children. All should start from zero and work their way up--or down.

[mewzilla]

There's also a record number of rich folks. This is a problem, why?!?

[Choose Ye This Day]

I'm surprised this appeared in the SLTrib.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Oops. Reading comprehension problems. No, this is EXACTLY what I'd expect to see in the SLTrib. Wealth redistribution is one of their favorite hobbies.