When would you call yourself rich?

[knuckleboner]

heh heh. a slight exaggeration on my part, wayne, since it was a tiny bit funnier...

though, i wish you luck with your no taxes. you've got a a slight uphill battle on that one.



and jacksmar...i don't know. i re-read my post, and i think i used the word, "fine," like 147 times. that's pretty piss poor. i think i still need some work :D

[Pink Spider]

Originally posted by jacksmar
Don’t blame Pinky for thinking “That's how it's supposed to be.”

The part that is missed entirely to promote more bullshit class distinctions (that’s where people KNOW you are rich or poor based on what a politician defines) is the simple fact that most people think that the wealthy should pay more in taxes. That’s the morally lazy bullshit answer you get from the counter culture ass knots that can’t think for themselves.

A guy making say 35k a year might need 90% of his income but when he’s taxed 10%, guess what? No disposable income. Understand why a “rich” man might want to protect that disposable income now?

Let me put in very simple terms for the ass knot leftist commie libs: Which district do you want to be a Congressman from?

So, anyone that proposes that the rich should be taxed just a little higher than the poor can't think for themselves? Look around this forum at the Kerry/Bush gushers if you want to see people like that. It's mildly sickening.

I'm against government waste and big government in general. I'm not sure how that makes me a commie, but OK. Whatever. I just think that those who make more have a greater responsibility to give back to their communities that have given them so much. I'm not calling for a 100% tax rate, comrade.

And class warfare is a great game if you want to get a loan from a rich capitalist banker to fund your revolution. Sorry, that will probably go right over your head. Especially if you've let other people think for you.

[Big Train]

It all comes down to incentive. We are all fighting over the pie we have, instead of being worried about making more pie. I think there should be a tax credit for those companies who can demonstrate that their employees move up a tax bracket or two in a few years time. Perhaps the dismissal of that employees matching FICA contributions or something along those lines.

That sort of thinking to me is more important than who is or not paying more. I believe in helping my fellow American, but I don't think raising taxes to fund yet another social program is the real answer.

As far as a definition or rich, shouldn't it rely on net worth as opposed to salary? I know several people with a high salary and very low net worth. Or does that make the class warfare argument too complex?

[John Ashcroft]

Originally posted by Pink Spider
So, anyone that proposes that the rich should be taxed just a little higher than the poor can't think for themselves?

Except the rich are already taxed quite a bit more than the poor, or middle class, or everyone else. Again, 38% of the federal pie is paid for by the top 1% In fact, the top 50% of wage earners pay 96.03% of all federal taxes. The "poor" actually pay no income taxes in our country. In fact, most people deemed "poor" by our wonderful government get paid by the government simply for working (earned income credit), which can be as high as $5000 per year. Hell, I'd like an extra 5Gs on top of my pay too! Can "The New JFK" get it for me?

[Dr. Love]

I'd like to see a National Sales Tax instead of any income tax, but that's just because I love my paycheck and want as much of it as I can get.