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Tax the Super Rich now or face a revolution
Market Watch ^ | March 29, 2011 | Paul B. Farrell

Posted on 03/29/2011 8:57:23 PM PDT by Christus_Rex

Yes, tax the Super Rich. Tax them now. Before the other 99% rise up, trigger a new American Revolution, a meltdown and the Great Depression 2.

We know the Super Rich don’t care. Not about you. Nor the American public. They can’t see. Can’t hear. Stay trapped in their Forbes-400 bubble. An echo chamber that isolates them. They see the public as faceless workers, customers, taxpayers. See GOP power on the ascent. Reaganomics is back. Unions on the run. Clueless masses are easily manipulated.

Even Obama is secretly working with the GOP, will never touch his Super Rich donors. Yes, the Super-Rich Delusion is that powerful, infecting all America.

Here’s how one savvy insider who knows described this Super-Rich Delusion: “The top 1% live privileged lives, aren’t worried about much. Families vacation at the best resorts. Their big concerns are finding the best Pilates teacher, best masseuse, best surgeons, best private schools. They aren’t concerned with the underlying deterioration of America or the world, except in the abstract, because they aren’t directly affected by it. That’s not to say they aren’t sympathetic, aware, or don’t talk about the issues you bring up. They are largely concerned with protecting and enhancing their socio-economic positions, ensuring their families live well. And nothing you write about will change things.”

(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...


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To: Monkey Face; fanfan

She wasn’t missed by us, because she was here!


341 posted on 04/02/2011 2:27:22 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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To: fanfan

Elen is 13. Steak, potatoes, brocolli, and something for dessert. They were going to make lemon pies, but it didn’t happen with the other things going on today, so I guess we’ll have pie tomorrow, which will make Bill and Tom happy.


342 posted on 04/02/2011 2:33:09 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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To: Monkey Face; Tax-chick

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. *HUG*

See TC’s 341. LOL!


343 posted on 04/02/2011 2:40:52 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: fanfan; Monkey Face

I’m not sure I’ll be any more fond of Bill and Tom at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. I do miss them when they’re at Boy Scout camp for a week, though.


344 posted on 04/02/2011 2:43:18 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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To: Tax-chick; fanfan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELEN!!! *hug*

Steak and salad sound good! I try to ig my birthdays. There are too many behind me.

I have some Extreme Moose Tracks ice cream in the freezer. Anybody want some? (Kroger brand)


345 posted on 04/02/2011 2:44:50 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Seen on a Jeep: Up With Kilts)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; FRiends

Lemon Meringue?

Meringue. What a strange word.


346 posted on 04/02/2011 2:45:58 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: fanfan

I agree, and yes, it’s supposed to be lemon meringue. I don’t care for meringue, but oh well. I hardly need to be eating lemon pies if I’m going to be Extremely Thin.


347 posted on 04/02/2011 2:53:13 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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To: Tax-chick; fanfan

Oh, c’mon, Mom...The byos always find a way to Mom’s Heart. That’s why they are who they are!


348 posted on 04/02/2011 2:59:58 PM PDT by Monkey Face ("...By small and simple things are great things brought to pass...." Alma 37:6)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face

It needs to be more than one sleep. ;-)


349 posted on 04/02/2011 3:04:50 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: fanfan; Tax-chick

In between downloading programs, I’ve been watching the LDS Annual General Conference. I missed the first two hours and that really sucks!

However, it will be on again tomorrow. Hopefully, I’ll be able to watch it all.


350 posted on 04/02/2011 3:05:05 PM PDT by Monkey Face ("...By small and simple things are great things brought to pass...." Alma 37:6)
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To: Monkey Face

Ice cream?

*drool*


351 posted on 04/02/2011 3:08:02 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: Monkey Face

Well, of course! It just takes more than 16 hours for me to really notice they’re gone!


352 posted on 04/02/2011 3:10:08 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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To: samadams2000
Income should be tax free so that each man keeps what he earns. (Off soapbox)

"Wages" should be tax free. Income (which was originally supposed to be limited to capital gains, inheritance and the like) should be taxed and tariffs re-established.

Either that or a flat tax. Everybody pays ten percent, even the poor. That way they have skin in the game.

Vets should not have to pay taxes. They've paid.

353 posted on 04/02/2011 3:10:19 PM PDT by Big Bronson
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To: fanfan; Tax-chick

Meringue? Merin-Gue. Mer-in-gwe. Merin-GWE! What does it mean, and why is it such a silly word?

I don’t like it. Lemon pie is good. Meringue needs to be replaced with whipped cream. :o]


354 posted on 04/02/2011 3:10:26 PM PDT by Monkey Face ("...By small and simple things are great things brought to pass...." Alma 37:6)
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To: Monkey Face; fanfan

I agree. Anything that’s supposed to be “meringue” would be better with whipped cream. Why waste all those egg yolks? Whoever invented meringue must not have been hungry.


355 posted on 04/02/2011 3:12:38 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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To: Big Bronson

Capital gains taxes diminish investment, which affects employment. Inheritance taxes are particularly iniquitous, since they transfer a family’s lifetime of accumulation to the government. What’s the government done to deserve what my parents worked for?

Of course, eliminating death taxes would make lots of estate-and-trusts lawyers and accountants go find honest work ...


356 posted on 04/02/2011 3:14:40 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face

My Mom would make Lemon Meringue pies late at night.

She chilled the lemon filled pie crusts, and then toasted the meringue under the broiler. Sometimes she sprinkled coconut on top.

She said the “Lemon Meringue Fairy” brought it in the middle of the night. :-)


357 posted on 04/02/2011 3:18:55 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: fanfan

Fascinating! I don’t like coconut, either.

Did you get to eat them for breakfast?


358 posted on 04/02/2011 3:20:27 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face

I think meringue was invented to use the egg white from dishes that required only yolks.


359 posted on 04/02/2011 3:21:04 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: Tax-chick

LOL, no way!

She worked, so when she made us a treat that labour intensive/time consuming, she did it the night before.

We salivated all day.


360 posted on 04/02/2011 3:23:29 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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