[NCjim]

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[Guenevere]

bttt

[Publius]

Atlas shrugs when the producers go on strike and refuse to produce for the looters and the moochers.

[Arm_Bears]

Not only do I pay much more than my “fair share,” I’m vilified while I do it.

[concerned about politics]

I think Atlas is already shrugging. All these "gimmie gimmie" bail outs are really starting to pi$$ off the taxpayers who are paying for it all. Without consumers buying and paying taxes, the businesses and the beast of the government don't stand a chance.

(Join Operation Thrift)

[branch15_5]

The shrinking percentage of taxpaying Americans is a very dangerous trend. Eventually, as Tytler observed, the non-taxpaying masses will vote themselves largesse from the public treasury, and us “rich” folks (aka “taxpayers”) will be outvoted, out-represented, and outnumbered. And the nation will be insolvent.

If you have earned income, you should pay taxes — something, anything.

At what point do we invert the Founders’ cry to “no representation without taxation”? But of course, that will never happen.

How about this: If you receive more money from the federal government — either by interest income or wealth redistribution — than you pay in, you don’t vote.

[ClearCase_guy]

The government is actively bailing out anyone who has been irresponsible. All of the people who have behaved responsibly are being forced to give their wealth away to people who specialize in pissing wealth away.

Not sustainable.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Zimbabwe still hasn’t hit rock bottom.

[durasell]

It doesn’t matter if he shrugs or not. There are a billion Chinese and another billion Indian guys willing to take up the slack.
In fact, they’re standing around chanting, “SHRUG! SHRUG! SHRUG!”

[Bigun]

Marker BUMP!

[fanfan]

Ping.

[Tony in Hawaii]

At the University of Hawaii in Hilo Hawaii I took Econ 101. This was around 1980. The teacher assigned “Atlas Shrugged.”

I still can’t believe I learned free market capitalism at the University of Hawaii.

[bamahead]

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[lonevoice]

The Foundation maintains that under Obama's tax plan 63 million filers— representing 44% of all returns— will pay no income tax.

Good article. My understanding is that a lot of people who don't owe taxes don't file returns. I wonder, in addition to the 63 million filers who pay no income tax, how many millions of non-filers are there who are getting a lot of government benefits at the expense of taxpayers.

[lawnguy]

He's shrugging like hell at my house too. I am going to be dragged kicking and screaming into the liberal Utopia.

What pisses me off is there is no incentive for the takers to get out and help pull the wagon. May as well ride.

[PistolPaknMama]

(33%) paid no income tax whatsoever

What I've learned in the last few years, since I live in a cave, is that most of these people who pay no tax actually get money back. How does that work? How does one pay no tax and get a $1,400 "refund"? I want in on that deal.

[Shooter 2.5]

No more charity. No more helping panhandlers. No more donating my free time.

My money is going to food, clothing, shelter, guns and ammo.

[informavoracious]

When we lose our job because of the economy, take our time getting another one, and aim for the highest wages that will still enable us to get the greatest amount of government freebies.

[Rhetorical pi2]

Atlas will have shrugged when we have a person who is like John Galt, who speaks out, and says the things that Galt said in the climatic speach...

I.E. ...you propose to establish a social order based on the following tenets: that you are incompetent to run your own life, but competent to run the lives of others - that you are unfit to exist in freedom but fit to become an incompetent ruler-.....

Where IS John Galt???!!!

[Bigun]

Atlas IS shrugging and has been doing so for some time. The rate is increasing!

Atlas is shrugging!

[JasonC]

What is "income"?

Who needs it?