Posted on 12/20/2006 8:33:49 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
this tax business is crazy
See, it is not about the rich paying more taxes. It is about the rich being rich that goads the liberals. Therefore, they have to try and make the rich the unrich.
tax bump
Yeah.....and the RICH create all the jobs, too.....imagine that!
And don't forget, the bottom 50% pay about 5% (IIRC) of all taxes. There are a huge number of freeloaders on our system that will keep voting dem to get the continued free ride.
bttt
Tax cuts work. But you have to cut government spending or at least keep it the same.
I wonder if Peolsi, Kennedy, Gore and Kerry are paying 35%?
Somehow I doubt it.
It's not a 35% rate, but out of all "revenue" (if you can call it that) collected by the IRS, 35% came from the top 1% taxpayers. It's a subtle but significant difference.
Interesting.
But somehow I'm sure the venomous creatures I mentioned have found some way to shelter their assets that is not ordinarily available to the average wealthy individual not so well-placed politically.
No they don't. There are plenty of jobs "created" by people who aren't rich by any measure. In fact some employers make less than their employees.
What jobs do millionaire sports figures create? What jobs do millionaire movie stars create?
But many of those "rich" are politicians themselves. They just aren't what they consider the "very rich". They lead us peons to believe that all they get is their government salaries. Government salaries get them in the door to make huge sums of money.
What is rich?...
What jobs do millionaire sports figures create? What jobs do millionaire movie stars create?
Sports figures put butts in the seats and sell products through endorsements.
Movie stars can create hundreds of jobs on a single movie. What most people miss about the movie industry is the fact that it's largely a blue collar or middleclass profession. A typical movie shoot employees hundreds of people including drivers, caterers, make-up, electricians, tutors, doctors, insurance agents, seamstresses, carpenters, plumbers, etc. etc. etc.
I always suggest a Triple Liberal Tax. Let them feel good about themselves by spending their own money to fund parasites and useless/ineffective programs.
How much you wanna bet that not 1 liberal in 100 would voluntarily pay such a tax?????
My dad was a small business owner and employer. We were not poor by any means, but there were years where my Coast Guard E-4 salary was twice what my dad took home.
The venomous John Edwards, for example, dodges Medicare taxes, which have no ceiling, by declaring himself a Subchapter S Corporation so that he pays most of his wages to himself as dividends instead of salary. There are two Americas: one for sleezy trial lawyers and one for everyone else.
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