Those missing millionaires

Waterbury Republican-Republican ^ | December 28, 2010 | Editorial

[King_Corey]

I knew he wasn’t asking a question just like I wasn’t.

It is a truth now that we have no good people in the government.

We are stuck now, all the productive are taxed to the limit. Soon to break.

These people left and stepped away and moved and just stopped earning. Or they moved into sheltered accounts and slowly faded away.

[adorno]

Consequences are never part of the liberal economic projections.

Liberals are too stupid to realize that, when it comes to money, everybody wants to keep as much of it as they can, whichever way they can, and that includes moving to an area with a lower cost of living, which is almost always coincidental with lower taxes and lesser government regulations.

It doesn’t matter whether one is a liberal or a conservative, everybody wants to keep as much as they can and to pay less in taxes. What everybody expects is that, the higher taxes will always come out of somebody else’s pockets.

[Imnidiot]

Could he be related to John Galt?

[jimt]

I have 120 names on my ping list for their editorials, which are always conservative.

And almost always excellent !

[seowulf]

I’m in Washington and last November some lefties tried to help the poor folks with an income tax for the rich. The initiative went down in flames as it always does.

Even in blue Washington, we’re smart enough to know that it won’t be long before they think we’re all rich, and a 1% tax will inevitably turn into a 2% tax, then a 3% tax.

And, yes, we’ll take you wealthy, huddled masses, yearning to be free...

[WMarshal]

It is as simple as comparing taxation to mugging. People avoid neighborhoods where they think they will get robbed.

[Louis Foxwell]

Consequences are never part of any liberal decision making. Their decisions are always based on leftist rhetoric: tax the rich, kill unwanted babies, grow government, control the people, restrict profits, tax recreation (tobacco, liquor), create government lotteries, restrict access to the environment, intimidate and punish everyone not in government leadership, control all private business, maintain and increase government power, spend more money today than yesterday.
Consequences are obvious to any random 3 yr old. They are of no concern whatever to leftists. Consequences are serendipitous, more opportunity to tax, spend and control.

[reg45]

Unfortunately, the Quinn / Madigan cabal are still there to raise taxes next year.

[Imnidiot]

Can you forgive me for being such a nitpicker?
As soon as I hit the send button, I was kicking myself in the a$$ for being such a goofball. FR has dozens of punctuation police and I don’t want to become one of them.
Your point was well made.
I’m an idiot.

[listenhillary]

Makes you want to engrave what you said in stone and have it mounted by the doors to the state legislature or somewhere where they must look at it each day. Billboard would work.

"Raising taxes makes EVERYONE poorer!"

[listenhillary]

His “aulter” ego.

[listenhillary]

The congressional budget office is forbidden to make any adjustments when asked to score a tax cut or a new spending program.

[Louis Foxwell]

splain yoself

[GeronL]

obvious common sense to anyone who thinks. leaves out quite a large part of the population.

[King_Corey]

Really? /sarc

[listenhillary]

Re:Congressional Budget office

They have to use straight numbers without accounting for the fact that higher taxes will make people adjust their spending.

They also would assume because there are for example 10 million people that qualify for a new government giveaway, that only 10 million people would take advantage of it, when in reality 15 or 20 million would find a way to qualify.

They are forbidden to take into account that behavior may alter the true outcome of any program change.

[griswold3]

Cause and effect.
Taxpayers will follow the path of less taxes, taking advantage of all benefits available.
For instance, knowing what I do about ‘collectivists/progressives’, I ceased operations on a small agriculture trailer production because it was going to become too expensive. I simply refused to continue to pay the 12% FET. (six figures revenue for Fed in 2008)

[longtermmemmory]

How about two contstitutional amendments.

1. outlaw any federal vat or sales tax.

2. cap all income taxes at 15% max

3. cap all corporate tax at 10% max with no double taxation.

[mad_as_he$$]

States have no power to stop you from moving and any attempt to put in move tax would by killed by the courts.

[elkfersupper]

Just quit producing.

What's the point?