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Obama to call for new tax increases in State of the Union address

Is that right? Seems that the govt. statistics paint a different picture, California has more people below the poverty level than any other state in the nation and more people earning minimum wage than any other state in the nation. Is that the record you are proud of?
LOL.....still trying the dance and shuffle around the facts? You have been shown numerous times that Texas and Mississippi lead the nation in having the lowest wages in the Country. Doesn't that make you proud Con? Why can't you just embrace the facts since you are so proud of the record of Texas.
 
LOL.....still trying the dance and shuffle around the facts? You have been shown numerous times that Texas and Mississippi lead the nation in having the lowest wages in the Country. Doesn't that make you proud Con? Why can't you just embrace the facts since you are so proud of the record of Texas.

Keep promoting that distortion, Texas has 500000 making Federal Minimum wage, California has 1.6 million making California minimum wage.
 
Its would be fascinating to see all earners leave America for some place more tax friendly, then watch all the dopeheads and dropouts freak out when they realize there is nobody to mooch off of anymore
 
Keep promoting that distortion, Texas has 500000 making Federal Minimum wage, California has 1.6 million making California minimum wage.

Minimum Wage Workers in Texas ? 2013 : Southwest Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Texas-Size Recovery

"Fact: Texas along with Mississippi has the highest percentage of workers at or below the minimum wage, according to BLS data"


Damn those pesky facts getting in the way of your attempts to dance and shuffle around Con!
 
Its would be fascinating to see all earners leave America for some place more tax friendly, then watch all the dopeheads and dropouts freak out when they realize there is nobody to mooch off of anymore

Oh, but they will...They will just move the bar as they do with everything they argue...Right now, their whole meme is about "taxing the wealthy" but when you dig down into their numbers they want to go after people, and couples making over $75K per year....Does $75K sound "wealthy"?
 
TerryOfromCA said:
Its would be fascinating to see all earners leave America for some place more tax friendly, then watch all the dopeheads and dropouts freak out when they realize there is nobody to mooch off of anymore
Oh, but they will...They will just move the bar as they do with everything they argue...Right now, their whole meme is about "taxing the wealthy" but when you dig down into their numbers they want to go after people, and couples making over $75K per year....Does $75K sound "wealthy"?

Well, hypothetically, if all earners left then their would be no revenues and then no government. Kinda hard to move the bar under those circumstances.
 
OK, give me a breakdown of how much gov't service you think you "use"

tell me why the top 1% use more than 40% of the services funded by the FIT and the estate tax
 
Well, hypothetically, if all earners left then their would be no revenues and then no government. Kinda hard to move the bar under those circumstances.

In history that is what happens....Government doesn't disappear, it just goes after those who can't afford to escape.
 
In history that is what happens....Government doesn't disappear, it just goes after those who can't afford to escape.

sort of like the blob!
 
In history that is what happens....Government doesn't disappear, it just goes after those who can't afford to escape.

That is true. And when its poor you and up with this:

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Absolutely...And along with that, they tend to trend toward more authoritarian means to keep the masses in line...

you have to force the dog to let the fleas bite it
 
You could probably guess, but I believe they have taxed us enough. I am also on the side that we should not be taxed by the Federal Government. Only the state. Unfortunately, that is never going away.

Tyranny is tyranny, regardless of what government does it.

Personally, I find that the laws, regulations, and requirements of the state and local governments to generally be much more restrictive of my freedoms that at that federal level.
 
Obama to call for new tax increases in State of the Union address | Fox News

Let's here it Obama supporters how does taxing the rich benefit the U.S. economy and how much money is going to be generated to fund the liberal spending appetite?

Class warfare is never going to solve the problems we face in this country and what ever happened to incentive to create more upper class individuals? Growing up I always strove to generate enough money to pay for a family that I hoped to have and fund charities that I want to support. My education process taught me the value of hard work and the desire to succeed. What happened to that philosophy in today's world? Why is it the Federal Government's role to tell the private sector where to spend its own money and on what?

Most of this money is made off overseas and is untaxed in the US profits so just think of it as a windfall tax. Close the offshoring of IP then maybe I will be willing to give your vodoo doll a poke.
 
Tyranny is tyranny, regardless of what government does it.

Personally, I find that the laws, regulations, and requirements of the state and local governments to generally be much more restrictive of my freedoms that at that federal level.

Maybe that is why anecdotal is not the proper way to look at things?
 
Tyranny is tyranny, regardless of what government does it.

Personally, I find that the laws, regulations, and requirements of the state and local governments to generally be much more restrictive of my freedoms that at that federal level.

The second sentence is true. I suppose the first one is technically true but hardly anything in the US is tyranny.
 
Maybe that is why anecdotal is not the proper way to look at things?

Not if what applies to my example applies to everyone else also.
 
This wont be shocking. This will be Obama putting race, class warfare, and every divisive and destructive category he can find into play. More taxes, more giveaway programs, amnesty, womens rights...all things we have talked about that will be the cornerstone of candidate Clintons presidential run in 2016. Its the kid in high school running for class president that promises no more homework, student rights over faculty, better student lunches, shorter school years and shorter school days, and soda in the water fountains.
 
Obama's own numbers show this will generate as a projection 32 billion a year for 10 years which is a drop in the bucket thus serves no real purpose other than continuation of class warfare that this President is promoting.

Have no noticed that liberals never respond to the question as to how rich people have prevented them from becoming one of those that they want to punish? Have you noticed that liberals always seem to promote the false accusation that rich people take opportunity away from the poor ignoring that the economic pie continues to get bigger thus having room for others? Have you noticed that liberals ignore that it isn't the Federal Government's role to handle state and local social problems?

It does not matter if the pie gets bigger when the wealthy are getting a larger and larger piece of it. Their % of the economy keeps growing. it is unsustainable.
 
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