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Does the GOP need to fear the 99% Movement?

Should the GOP should fear the 99% movement

  • Absolutely should fear it

    Votes: 19 31.1%
  • Somewhat fear it

    Votes: 7 11.5%
  • Fear it a little bit

    Votes: 1 1.6%
  • Fear it a tiny bit

    Votes: 3 4.9%
  • Absolutely nothing to fear

    Votes: 20 32.8%
  • Don't know

    Votes: 1 1.6%
  • Don't care

    Votes: 6 9.8%
  • Other (explian)

    Votes: 4 6.6%

  • Total voters
    61
I actually support highly progressive taxation to discourage over accumulation of wealth.
Kark Marx did too. It is useful for wrecking capitalism and leads to socialism.
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But thats just me.
No. It is you, the one term Marxist president Obama, Radical Karl and all fellow travelers.
 
that's your response?.. i'm being screwed and I don't realize it? :lol:

seriously, if i'm getting screwed, please please please let the screwing continue... and ramp it up a notch or 2.

Exactly what the GOP candidates have promised.
 
well, in that case, maybe i'll have to vote Republican... thanks for the heads up!

I wouldn't have thought you would do otherwise.
 
I wouldn't have thought you would do otherwise.

really? despite the "Libertarian" by my name and repeated claims that I support neither the GOP nor the Democrats?.. and despite the fact i'm a registered Libertarian?

you're really on top of things! :lol:



if you were actually interested in not being screwed, you wouldn't vote for the 2 major parties... but that's only if you are actually interested in not being screwed.
 
Kark Marx did too. It is useful for wrecking capitalism and leads to socialism.
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No. It is you, the one term Marxist president Obama, Radical Karl and all fellow travelers.

Nah, I'm MUCH worse than that.

I think we should have truly free markets.

The ones with no enforcement of property rights.

No enforcement of contracts.

Sell whatever you want. For whatever you can get for it.

The govt will stay COMPLETELY out of your business.

COMPLETELY free of ALL coercion. By anybody.
 
Nah, I'm MUCH worse than that.

I think we should have truly free markets.

The ones with no enforcement of property rights.

No enforcement of contracts.

Sell whatever you want. For whatever you can get for it.

The govt will stay COMPLETELY out of your business.

COMPLETELY free of ALL coercion. By anybody.

I'm auctioning you off on e-bay right now!:2razz:
 
really? despite the "Libertarian" by my name and repeated claims that I support neither the GOP nor the Democrats?.. and despite the fact i'm a registered Libertarian?

you're really on top of things! :lol:



if you were actually interested in not being screwed, you wouldn't vote for the 2 major parties... but that's only if you are actually interested in not being screwed.

The majority of Democrats support those positions, but you are correct that we need to vote out the blue dog democrats that vote against the interest of the middle class.

Most libertarians I've talked with are opposed to Wall Street buying politicians, just like the protesters.
 
so what-that rate is 15% which is lower than earned income for several reasons including RISK and the fact that inflation often robs the earnings of LONG term capital gains

short term capital gains are taxed, for the rich, at 35%

you do understand that most people have a lower rate on LTCG than salary income

The rich pay the highest rate possible for like income

The tax on capital gain is lower because it is a main income source of the rich and powerful who have used their influence and power to gain this discriminatory preference. All money which COMES IN to a persons pocket or account should be taxed as INCOME. To do otherwise is elitist and discriminatory in favor of class warfare on average workers.

The statement that the rich pay the highest rate possible for like income is smoke and mirrors and a total misrepresentation of reality since it conveniently and dishonestly ignores the fact that such a larger portion of the income of the rich is intentionally taxed at a much lower rate because of its source - long term capital gains. Its a carefully parsed statement which is intended to fool the listener or reader.
 
The tax on capital gain is lower because it is a main income source of the rich and powerful who have used their influence and power to gain this discriminatory preference. All money which COMES IN to a persons pocket or account should be taxed as INCOME. To do otherwise is elitist and discriminatory in favor of class warfare on average workers.

The statement that the rich pay the highest rate possible for like income is smoke and mirrors and a total misrepresentation of reality since it conveniently and dishonestly ignores the fact that such a larger portion of the income of the rich is intentionally taxed at a much lower rate because of its source - long term capital gains. Its a carefully parsed statement which is intended to fool the listener or reader.

That is unfounded nonsense. YOu howl about making all sources of income treated equally yet you constantly support the rich paying higher rates on whatever income they receive while completely ignoring why some sorts of income are rationally treated differently-be it the double taxation dividends face or the inflationary dimunition of long term capital gains because you want to tax the rich more and more and more

If you really want equality-which of course you do not-then support a consumption tax
 
This about . 001 % not 99% and they are goof and have no clue about what drives the economy or creates jobs.

The are headed into a situation they will never win.

Most of them can't even articulate why they are there or what they want.

They are products of Obama's class Warfare messages.


This will end in disaster and they will cause it because they are stupid spoiled idiots, who need to get a job sit down and shut the hell up.

Your response is what gives the republican party a bad name
This will end in disaster and they will cause it because they are stupid spoiled idiots, who need to get a job sit down and shut the hell up

Your stereotyping all OWS demonstrators as
stupid spoiled idiots
, I am sure there is a large cross section of US citizens from the poor and unemployed to the economically sound demonstrating their discontent with the direction that our country has traveling over the last few generations.

Americans not only have a right to express their views " 1st Amendment " they have a duty to do so. If ever we allow our 1st Amendment rights to be suppressed we will no longer be America.
 
That is unfounded nonsense. YOu howl about making all sources of income treated equally yet you constantly support the rich paying higher rates on whatever income they receive while completely ignoring why some sorts of income are rationally treated differently-be it the double taxation dividends face or the inflationary dimunition of long term capital gains because you want to tax the rich more and more and more

If you really want equality-which of course you do not-then support a consumption tax

We already have a consumption tax its called the capital gains tax, it taxes the money that anyone rich or poor makes from capital gains, I suspect you may not agree but we probably should increase the capital gains tax. Do I have a right to suggest that?

Lets get back to the thread about whether the GOP is afraid of the OWS demonstrations, I think they are because if they were not why would they adamantly oppose people doing there civic duty "1st Amendment" and demonstrating against economic conditions that have our great country to it's knees?
 
That is unfounded nonsense. YOu howl about making all sources of income treated equally yet you constantly support the rich paying higher rates on whatever income they receive while completely ignoring why some sorts of income are rationally treated differently-be it the double taxation dividends face or the inflationary dimunition of long term capital gains because you want to tax the rich more and more and more

If you really want equality-which of course you do not-then support a consumption tax

No. It is 100% true. To give discriminatory preference and favoritism because of a different source of income is basically wrong. Once again - just like the discussion about college admission preferences - taking the side of what benefits one personally and completely disregarding any sort of across the board principle seems the only factor for this position.

There is no
"rationally treated differently'
since all money coming in is income and is the same. This is pure power politics and the elite flexing its political muscle and power to benefit itself. The rest is lipstick on a pig.

We have been through the double taxation business time and time and time again and it is well established that persons have a tax liability to pay. That would be corporations who the Supreme Court says are persons under the law and that would be individual humans who the SC says are persons. That is TWO DIFFERENT PERSONS paying two different taxes. If anyone does not like it, lobby the Supreme Court to rid the land of the corporate personhood standard.
 
"Should the GOP should fear the 99% movement?"

Yes, absolutely. The GOP is the political arm of the Corporatocracy that represents the 1%. This isn't even complicated and the Repubs know this might get laid bare for even the dullest to understand. This is why the Mass Media did not want to cover the story. Let's not discuss how things really work, eh?
 
"Should the GOP should fear the 99% movement?"

Yes, absolutely. The GOP is the political arm of the Corporatocracy that represents the 1%. This isn't even complicated and the Repubs know this might get laid bare for even the dullest to understand. This is why the Mass Media did not want to cover the story. Let's not discuss how things really work, eh?

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The majority of Democrats support those positions, but you are correct that we need to vote out the blue dog democrats that vote against the interest of the middle class.

Most libertarians I've talked with are opposed to Wall Street buying politicians, just like the protesters.
If I walk up and offer you $100 for a blow job and you deny the offer, then shame on me...and Im the bad guy. If you walk up and say..."hey...put that $100 away bitch, it will cost you at least $1000 and you have to give it to me all up front and if you DONT make this deal you WONT like the consequences long term" then where does your problem reside? You and others keep making this claim that 'the majority of democrats' are somehow pristine and opposed to Wall Street influence. Really? Who received the bulk of their campaign contributions? Who has ALWAYS been in bed with the people you claim they are 'against'? If you dont think the democrats are as corrupt as the republicans and arent responsible for creating the climate of corruption, you arent paying attention or are blinded by your partisanship.
 
There is no such things a '99%' movement. There are a bunch of typical klowns claiming the name, but most assuredly do NOT represent the 99% of Americans they claim to. The top 50% in this country are doing quite well. At best they represent a percentage of the lower 50% who have always and will always blindly and mindless follow liberals and democrats. They run around with their head up their ass pretending democrats havent been in bed with Wall Street FOREVER. Anyone...ANYONE that claims this is a republican vs democrat issue is an idiot or is simply a mindless partisan hack. They spew populist rhetoric while ignoring factual realities. many of them are nothing more than foolish college kids bitching about their student loans...loans THEY took out FROM the banks to pay the UNIVERSITIES that charge them the tuition that they cant afford. And its the BANKS fault...right? Sound familiar? It should...its the same foolish excuses used by idiots that took out ARMs and home mortgages on properties they cant afford, then whine and cry about how its the BANKS fault...not their own stupidity. THEY wanted to buy the house, THEY went to the banks...but...its the BANKS fault. Some group of people...same excuses.

No...the only reason why members of the GOP should 'fear' the '99%' is if enough of the idiots start following the violent rhetoric of the LA '99%' klowns. And if that happens...more than just the GOP should be concerned.
 
If I walk up and offer you $100 for a blow job and you deny the offer, then shame on me...and Im the bad guy. If you walk up and say..."hey...put that $100 away bitch, it will cost you at least $1000 and you have to give it to me all up front and if you DONT make this deal you WONT like the consequences long term" then where does your problem reside? You and others keep making this claim that 'the majority of democrats' are somehow pristine and opposed to Wall Street influence. Really? Who received the bulk of their campaign contributions? Who has ALWAYS been in bed with the people you claim they are 'against'? If you dont think the democrats are as corrupt as the republicans and arent responsible for creating the climate of corruption, you arent paying attention or are blinded by your partisanship.

Really, let's review: A majority of Dems voted to increase the CAFE standards, A majority of Dems voted against the war in Iraq, a majority of Dems voted for the affordable health care act, a majority of Dems voted against continuing the tax cuts for the rich, a majority of Dems voted for regulating wall street, and a majority of Dems voted for the Jobs Act.
 
Really, let's review: A majority of Dems voted to increase the CAFE standards, A majority of Dems voted against the war in Iraq, a majority of Dems voted for the affordable health care act, a majority of Dems voted against continuing the tax cuts for the rich, a majority of Dems voted for regulating wall street, and a majority of Dems voted for the Jobs Act.
How many of those democrats are taking campaign contributions from those Wall Street and banker types? Where is a majority of their money going? This just isnt even hard.
 
How many of those democrats are taking campaign contributions from those Wall Street and banker types? Where is a majority of their money going? This just isnt even hard.

The majority of the the big corporate money went to the GOP candidates in 2010. It seems the corporate money people have found that the majority of Democrats are not playing ball the way they used to.

And you ignored all the positions I listed that the Democrats took in favor of the middle class that the GOP was opposed to.
 
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