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Tax The Rich? Good Luck With That
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| April 11, 2011
| WALTER WILLIAMS
Posted on 04/11/2011 4:43:04 PM PDT by Kaslin
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posted on
04/11/2011 4:43:06 PM PDT
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Kaslin
To: Kaslin
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posted on
04/11/2011 4:50:29 PM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: Kaslin
I love when Walter Williams subs for Rush. He’s an Economics professor, and can explain these things so well. Too bad the majority of Americans are so ignorant of these things.
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posted on
04/11/2011 4:54:03 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: COBOL2Java
They are called sheeple, and it is too bad that 47% of them pay absolutely no income tax.
The rats have dug the pit over the years, and have thrown us into it.
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posted on
04/11/2011 4:57:07 PM PDT
by
oldtimer
(uee)
To: Kaslin
Walter doesn't go far enough (probably because that's another column.) The rich are those who invest (Hello, Captain Obvious!) the money left after taxes into businesses that create jobs. Who invested in Google and Facebook?
This class warfare is sickening to me. As if the Berlin Wall never had fallen, and by the time it did fall the Commies didn't have the rich to conduct the war against (as it was, they, their families and proteges who had become rich.)
To: Kaslin
They should tax everyone 100% so we could all get some of that free government money.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:02:00 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(Beat me, Bite me...Make Me Write Bad Checks)
To: oldtimer
They are called sheeple, and it is too bad that 47% of them pay absolutely no income tax. Or the ones that deliberately take too few deductions in order to get a fat refund, then boast about their refund - not realizing that they gave the IRS an interest-free loan the previous year.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:04:12 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: Kaslin
This year, Congress will spend $3.7 trillion dollars. That turns out to be about $10 billion per day. --------------------------
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:17:20 PM PDT
by
BobP
(The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
To: COBOL2Java
I love when Walter Williams subs for Rush. Hes an Economics professor, and can explain these things so well. Too bad the majority of Americans are so ignorant of these things.
Yes, Walter Williams has an excellent way of explaining issues so that lay people can understand them. I wish all Americans could take one of his economic courses. He really doesn't say anything I didn't already know, but I've always admired Williams' way of breaking down issues without a lot of fancy economic terminology.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:48:04 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
To: COBOL2Java
Growth of Fed Debt for some selected office-holders' Terms:
Name |
In Office |
Debt Start |
Growth |
J. Boehner |
1991 |
3448.3 |
$10.080 TRILLION |
N. Pelosi |
1987 |
2516.9 |
$11.012 TRILLION |
O. Hatch |
1977 |
750.57 |
$12.778 TRILLION |
H. Reid |
1983 |
1598.1 |
$11.930 TRILLION |
B. Frank |
1981 |
1138.7 |
$12.390 TRILLION |
F. Wolf |
1981 |
1138.7 |
$12.390 TRILLION |
B. Boxer |
1983 |
1598.1 |
$11.930 TRILLION |
Now, remind me why we think it can be fixed while the "Old Guard" is still in charge.
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posted on
04/11/2011 6:11:18 PM PDT
by
Thom Pain
(November 2, 2010, Step ONE. Repeal 17th, Step TWO. 11/6/2012, Step THREE)
To: Kaslin
well...taxing the rich has done wonders for California’s economy (rolling eyes)
To: BobP
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posted on
04/11/2011 6:38:43 PM PDT
by
4Liberty
(88% of Americans are NON-UNION. We value honest, peaceful Free trade-NOT protectionist CARTELS)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
04/11/2011 6:40:38 PM PDT
by
4Liberty
(88% of Americans are NON-UNION. We value honest, peaceful Free trade-NOT protectionist CARTELS)
To: Kaslin
Reminds me of the joke about the Russian’s last wish. His final request from St Peter was for his neighbors home to burn down.
Time we stop assuming the ‘Progressives’ want America to succeed and prosper.
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posted on
04/11/2011 6:43:23 PM PDT
by
griswold3
(Character is destiny)
To: Kaslin
Problem with taxing the rich: what to tax?
Steve Jobs is, no question, rich. He’s worth $8B.
His income from Apple is $1.
He dresses in simple jeans and black turtleneck.
He is building a modest 5000 sq ft home for cash on land he owns outright.
What to tax?
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posted on
04/11/2011 6:49:31 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(Great children's books - http://www.UsborneBooksGA.com)
To: ctdonath2
sad to say, even in yer simple example there, hes already been taxed a few times...
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posted on
04/11/2011 8:27:32 PM PDT
by
Gilbo_3
(Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
To: Kaslin
do ya have a Williams ping list ???
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posted on
04/11/2011 8:29:14 PM PDT
by
Gilbo_3
(Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
To: ctdonath2
Tax the rich, feed the poor, till there are no rich no more. (Ten Years After)
To: COBOL2Java
I just wish he could do something about his cough. It can be distracting.
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posted on
04/11/2011 8:38:33 PM PDT
by
Choose Ye This Day
("As government expands, liberty contracts." -- Ronald Reagan)
To: Gilbo_3
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posted on
04/12/2011 5:29:51 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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