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Their Fair Share (Do the Rich Pay Their Fair Share?)
Wall Street Journal ^ | 21 July 2008 | Unsigned Editorial

Posted on 07/21/2008 5:12:16 AM PDT by shrinkermd

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1 posted on 07/21/2008 5:12:16 AM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd

To the Dems, the rich will NEVER pay their fair share no matter how highly they’re taxed. The rich are an easy scapegoat for the moronic left.


2 posted on 07/21/2008 5:14:23 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: shrinkermd

Back to this ancient talking-point


3 posted on 07/21/2008 5:16:58 AM PDT by kcm.org (Conservatives bashing Sen. McCain has Ronald Reagan spinning in his grave!!!)
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To: shrinkermd

“do the rich pay their fair share?”

the rich will pay their fair share only when everything they have is confiscated and placed in government coffers.

(the democrat party is totally insane and populated with psychotic totalitarians.)

IMHO


4 posted on 07/21/2008 5:18:16 AM PDT by ripley
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To: Slapshot68
Depends on how you define rich. The Dems always talk a good game and then they come in and lay higher income taxes on the top 75%!

At the same time the folks who make up the data on "look who's paying" always leave out the myriad of other taxes that hit everyone.

Frankly, all taxes are too high. They are destructive of good economic order, and harm our ability to mount an effective national defense.

5 posted on 07/21/2008 5:19:25 AM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: shrinkermd
Too bad no one who needs to read and understand it will ever be able to comprehend it.
6 posted on 07/21/2008 5:20:01 AM PDT by xcamel (Being on the wrong track means the unintended consequences express train doesnt kill you going by)
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To: shrinkermd
Perhaps he thinks half the country should pay all the taxes to support the other half.

That's just a start. Assuming that most of those who are getting a free ride will vote democrat, the libs want to increase their numbers from 50% to 60% or higher. Since we all get just one vote, irrespective of our tax contribution, it makes mathematical sense for the socialists to raise the rates on the highest-paying group while eliminating taxes for those in the middle who are still paying something.

7 posted on 07/21/2008 5:20:39 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: Slapshot68
The rich are an easy scapegoat for the moronic left.

Even when some of those families have a bulk of their wealth in various accounts overseas, and in family Foundations... Right Senator Kennedy?

8 posted on 07/21/2008 5:23:48 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: shrinkermd

Now, do you think the GOP will do anything with these statistics? So far, they’ve missed the boat on everything else, they’ll probably fumble it on this one, too. McCain should hammer BO on this relative to his tax policies!


9 posted on 07/21/2008 5:27:05 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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The idea that this has been a giveaway to the rich is a figment of the left's imagination

Fostering a myth is the agenda for people who lack the ability to process the reality of this, or any other, situation. The myth usually works to persuade others who also lack this ability.

In this case, ignorance of the fact that a tax cut is not a welfare program also furthers the myth.

In order for simple minded people to understand a tax cut they would first have to understand that a tax cut is not another welfare program.

John and Bill plan a week-end fishing trip together. They estimate that the cost for the trip will be $100. Rather than contribute $50 each they decide to contribute based on their yearly incomes. John earns considerably more than Bill so he contributes $80 and Bill contributes $20. When they return from their fishing trip they discover they over estimated the cost by $10. How should they divide the $10 left in the kitty?

Has John taken unfair advantage of Bill for receiving $8 of the remaining $10 while Bill only gets $2? Would Bill be justified in complaining? What would be Bill’s justification for complaining?

This explanation will not satisfy the simple minded but it does serve to expose the depth of their simple mindedness.

10 posted on 07/21/2008 5:28:11 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
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What's this 'GOP' of which you speak? Are they active in politics? How long have they been around?

/s

11 posted on 07/21/2008 5:30:35 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: shrinkermd

Yes, the rich pay their “fair share.” We need to start hitting up the “poor” and making them pay their fair share - and the Fair Tax would be a good means of doing so, too!


12 posted on 07/21/2008 5:32:22 AM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: tsmith130
I'm pretty sure it stands for:

Gone Outta Politics

and I think they went moribund after Ronald Reagan's term ended.

13 posted on 07/21/2008 5:34:56 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: shrinkermd

Fair/Unfair= Subjective.
Right/Wrong= Objective.


14 posted on 07/21/2008 5:37:24 AM PDT by Crawdad (I am my brother's keeper. I am not your brother's keeper.)
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To: Slapshot68
To the Dems, the rich will NEVER pay their fair share no matter how highly they’re taxed. The rich are an easy scapegoat for the moronic left.

Have you ever noticed how none of the "talking heads" never ask/demand that a lib/democrap put an exact figure on how much is a "fair share"?

15 posted on 07/21/2008 5:38:14 AM PDT by dearolddad (Like $6.00 + gas? Be sure to thank a democrap.)
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To: shrinkermd

Alright, it’s time for someone to post the “Ah, not this shit again photograph. By the way, god morning to all....


16 posted on 07/21/2008 5:47:16 AM PDT by xc1427 (It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees...Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion))
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To: shrinkermd

Why should people who pay virtually no taxes get a tax break?

Simple as that.


17 posted on 07/21/2008 5:49:46 AM PDT by RexBeach ("Americans never quit!" Douglas MacArthur)
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To: shrinkermd

[Perhaps he thinks half the country should pay all the taxes to support the other half.]

Actually I think they want about 40-45% of the country to pay all the taxes for the other 55-60%. They think once they get it to that point they will never lose another election.


18 posted on 07/21/2008 5:52:25 AM PDT by KansasGirl (It is absolutely ridiculous that we have to fight congress for our own survival.)
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To: MosesKnows

And let’s not forget “tax credits”...they are simply a fee on those who don’t do what the government wants them to do.


19 posted on 07/21/2008 5:52:52 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: shrinkermd

The ‘Rat definition of rich: Anyone who draws a paycheck.


20 posted on 07/21/2008 5:54:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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