Obama doesn't have a plan, and never will. All he does is campaign against everyone else's.
There are no specifics on tax increases in that fact sheed link.
Except he wants ten years of taxe to pay for one year of public employee union bailouts.
Which bills did they pass did Obama sign?
They have passed several.
Can you name one?
Be specific.
Did you even read your own argument? By your measure, a president sending a bill every day and getting rejected has no bills.
Seriously. The quality of poster here is on the massive downtrend the closer we get to the election.
No, the assertion was that Congress did nothing.
Congress passed several bills the President did not sign.
No, the statement was that Congress did nothing. What he meant to say was that Congress didn't merely show up and rubberstamp Obama's crap.
Obama doesn't have a plan, and never will. All he does is campaign against everyone else's.
Actually that pretty much describes the GOP for the past year and a half so far.
Wow. Now we get bold face lying from you.
http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...eleases-tax-figures-gop-8.html#post1059890952
All three quotes. The assertion was that the GOP had no plan.
There is no detail on taxes in that link.
Cult of Personality = Defending someone from lies.Why the cult of personality for Warren Bluffer? Is he untouchable since he sings the right hymns?
He doesn't need to. It's common knowledge that capital gains are taxed at much lower rates than personal income tax. He also makes most of his money through capital gains, hence the lower tax rate. He's not gaming the system, the system was tailor made for him.So you're saying he doesn't employ CPA's and tax lawyers?
No, you don't pay less based on how many lawyers you hire. He pays less cause most of his money comes from capital gains and not personal income from his job. If you went out and made the same amount of money as him through personal gains and investing you'd pay very close to the same tax rate. He's not gaming he system. If you think that him making money through capital gains is gaming the system then I would think you agree with me that we should tax capital gains income as personal income...While a very good explaination, it's irrelevant to my charge that he's a hypocrite. I know very well the difference between corporate and personal tax obligations.
If that were to be true, why then does he only pay 15%? The answer is, because he has CPA's, and lawyers and people who's job it is to utilize the existing tax code to lower his person tax rate. His tax rate is ALREADY higher ... yet he doesn't pay the higher rate. THAT is why he's a hypocrite.
That's certainly a second way he'd be a hypocrite yes.
They are not simply refusing to pay taxes. They are filing appeals on what they actually owe. The company thinks it was over taxed and they are following all the right moves to get it dealt with. Warren Buffett can't treat the company's money the same way he would treat his own money. That's not how the world works.Yes, and Warren Buffet could make that go away and direct Berkshire to pay it, if he wanted it so.
Cult of Personality = Defending someone from lies.
He doesn't need to.
It's common knowledge that capital gains are taxed at much lower rates than personal income tax.
He also makes most of his money through capital gains, hence the lower tax rate.
He's not gaming the system, the system was tailor made for him.
No, you don't pay less based on how many lawyers you hire. He pays less cause most of his money comes from capital gains and not personal income from his job.
If you went out and made the same amount of money as him through personal gains and investing you'd pay very close to the same tax rate. He's not gaming he system.
If you think that him making money through capital gains is gaming the system then I would think you agree with me that we should tax capital gains income as personal income...
They are not simply refusing to pay taxes. They are filing appeals on what they actually owe. The company thinks it was over taxed and they are following all the right moves to get it dealt with. Warren Buffett can't treat the company's money the same way he would treat his own money. That's not how the world works.
Your distinction is without difference.
Whoa there, so Warren Buffet does all of his own taxes? You want to stick with that one?
Which is the exact reason that the analogy between Buffet and his secretary is beyond disingenuous.
So do a lot of retirees in this country. Would you like to see their break go away too? There is a reason that capital gain is not taxed like regular income, one of which is that the money invested to make that gain has already been taxed.
And you, and I, and anyone that invests. Are you really that jealous of someone that has more than you that you would advocate taking it from them so you could have it?
Which is a scam as well, but both have a ring of truth. It is a fact that the better people you hire the better result you will have. Just as it is a truth that Buffet takes a token salary to avoid taxation probably based on these persons advice.
Glad to see you actually understand the system. It makes it all the more confusing that you would advocate destruction of that system over your jealousy of people that make more than yourself. Also, since you understand this, then one can only conclude that you are also being disingenuous in your argument by supporting Buffet's silly crap.
If you shrink the reward for investing, and make it more expensive to invest, what is the logical outcome of that?
Arguing for other wealthy people to pay more while he is connected with legal maneuvers to avoid paying more, and you don't see the conflict there? Really?
j-mac
I'm not arguing this out of jealousy dude. That's one of the very many mistakes you make in your post. If you were to skip over that bull**** and actually talk specifics and not keep coming back to how I must just be jealous then we can have a discussion. If you can't manage that then I'll continue to glance over your posts with a snicker.
BTW, is Warren Buffett also jealous of himself? Think before you type dude.
I'm not arguing this out of jealousy dude. That's one of the very many mistakes you make in your post. If you were to skip over that bull**** and actually talk specifics and not keep coming back to how I must just be jealous then we can have a discussion. If you can't manage that then I'll continue to glance over your posts with a snicker.
BTW, is Warren Buffett also jealous of himself? Think before you type dude.
Just save yourself the agitation. I've quit responding to posts that make assumptions based on right-wing radio carictures of the dreaded "liberal".
From the fact sheet:
"The President calls on the Committee to undertake comprehensive tax reform, and lays out five principles for it to follow: 1) lower tax rates; 2) cut wasteful loopholes and tax breaks; 3) reduce the deficit by $1.5 trillion; 4) boost job creation and growth; and 5) comport with the “Buffett Rule” that people making more than $1 million a year should not pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than middle-class families pay.
Tax reform should draw on the specific proposals the President has put forward, together with elimination of additional inefficient tax breaks. If the Joint Committee is unable to undertake comprehensive tax reform, the President believes the discrete measures he has proposed should be enacted on a standalone basis. Their enactment as a standalone package still would significantly improve the country’s fiscal standing, represent an important step toward more fundamentally transforming our tax code, and serve as a strong foundation for economic growth and job creation.
To advance this debate, the President is offering a detailed set of specific tax loophole closers and measures to broaden the tax base that, together with the expiration of the high-income tax cuts, would be more than sufficient to hit the $1.5 trillion target. These include:
Allowing the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for upper income earners to expire ($866 billion)
Limiting deductions and exclusions for those making more than $250,000 a year ($410 billion)
Closing loopholes and eliminating special interest tax breaks (approximately $300 billion)"
Here we go, now I must not think for myself because I disagree with the liberal point of view eh....If any group has that mentality of sheeple regurgitating the latest talking points, take a look at your own group.
j-mac
I have no problem with regurgitating talking points. It's the attack on a person because of their political affiliation and assumptions based on their affiliation.
"Person X is a liberal, therefore jealousy is their motivational factor for raising taxes on the richest of Americans". If everybody on this board agreed I wouldn't be on here because there would be no debate. The majority of your post is fine, but saying that he wants higher taxes on the wealthy due to jealousy is just used to discount any legitimate concern he could have.
I agree, in most cases you hold your own destiny. In America maybe not everyone can end up like Warren Buffett but even a homeless person can get a job somewhere and work their way up and earn a good living with enough hard work and dedication.It is up to you whether or not you reply to any posting. However, I am trying to understand why it is that many on the liberal side of the argument seem to want to go after this class war argument crap, when in this country everyone has the same opportunity to better themselves.
Last time I checked everyone in this country has the right to express their opinion on tax policy. Don't like freedom of speech? Move somewhere else. Learn to get past your idiotic talk radio stereotypes and come back to me.No, Buffet is just another in a long line of what Stalin called "Useful idiots".... If Buffet, or any other liberal, including those in Hollywood that are in the end dumb as a box of rocks, want to pay more, they can. But, when it comes to others, and how they manage their own finances, they should STFU!
j-mac
Kind of like how you assumed I'm not thinking for myself and just hate the rich because I think raising their taxes is a good idea? how can you see this in others but refuse to see it in your self? Remove the blinders dude. Open up your eyes. That sun light only burns for a few seconds. After that you'll get used to it and enjoy it. Trust me.Here we go, now I must not think for myself because I disagree with the liberal point of view eh....If any group has that mentality of sheeple regurgitating the latest talking points, take a look at your own group.
j-mac