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a bit more than that but who is counting
Well, obviously not you. But then you don't have to, do you?
a bit more than that but who is counting
Especially not on people making 375K to 1 million a year. Those poor folks are struggling mightily to make ends meet as it is! There ought to be a charity called 'Money for rich guys' that the rest of us could contribute to.
Well, obviously not you. But then you don't have to, do you?
Actually I am rather frugal, as was my father before me and his father before him and so forth
Especially when it comes to paying taxes. ;D
What was your tax bill? Did you refuse to take any deductions and pay way more than you had to? Or, did you expense every nickel you could think of and lower tax bill as much as possible?
Especially when it comes to paying taxes. ;D
Not familiar with the emoticons, eh?
Envy-your post is full of it
You screwed up on your emoticons in your emotobabble there bub
I am envious as well, but I hope that those making that kind of money continue to make even more. Because when they do, they tend to invest, and create capital that could possibly one day make others rich, who then in turn continue to invest, and so on, and so forth....That is how this country became great.
j-mac
Not the Turtle. He's frugal. Turtledude Frugal the Fifth.
Not the Turtle. He's frugal. Turtledude Frugal the Fifth.
Oh, I don't believe that....Being frugal, and investment ignorant are two very different things... If Turtle came up on the right opportunity I can almost bet that he would invest, just as you would. Money has NO ideology.
j-mac
While lawmakers fight over how many trillions of dollars should be cut from the deficit, some Americans are taking debt reduction into their own hands, albeit with far fewer zeros.
So far this year, individuals have donated almost $2 million to a little-known Treasury fund to chip away miniscule pieces of the country’s crushing $14.3 trillion debt. That $2 million is about .0017 percent of the $2.1 billion the United States pays every day just on the interest of that debt.
“It’s a very, very, very, very tiny, tiny amount,” compared to entire amount of the debt, said Mckayla Braden, a spokeswoman for Bureau of Public Debt. “We’re borrowing billions every week. It’s just a tiny bit, a rounding error probably. But it means a lot to the people who are giving.”
Braden said that while donations most often come in the form of a personal check in a standard envelope, the bureau has received everything from a gold coin to nickels and dimes given by civics class students.
“More so it is just individuals who for some reason really feel they want to give more to their country,” Braden said.
Our country is not run on voluntary donations, Buffet knows it, I know it and you know it. Nobody should pay more taxes than required by the law. Buffet knows it, I know it and you know it. :roll:This is just sad. Where are Buffett's donations? Just this morning on CNBC, he was lamenting how his company has too much cash... just a mere $30 billion. Meanwhile, ordinary Americans everywhere are pitching in what little they have while Buffett goes around demanding higher taxes on other people.
Donors Give $2 Million to Reduce Public Debt in ‘Very Tiny, Tiny’ Amounts - ABC News
Our country is not run on voluntary donations, Buffet knows it, I know it and you know it. Nobody should pay more taxes than required by the law. Buffet knows it, I know it and you know it. :roll:
Nobody should pay more taxes than required by the law.
No one is claiming we should run on our country on voluntary donations. This is an example of people giving money to a cause they find important, the public debt. If Buffett feels so passionately about it, where are his?
That is quite plainly not what it's about. It is obviously about tax policy.
That is quite plainly not what it's about. It is obviously about tax policy.
You are right, it is about tax policy.
Buffett doesn't think he pays enough taxes.
Why doesn't he just pay what he feels he should pay?
Yes, people should not express opinions I disagree with. That's the America I want.
Uh oh, now you're contradicting the conservative argument. Don't you know that people will stop investing if capital gains taxes are raised? Isn't that what happened when Reagan raised them to the same level as ordinary income?