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The 1% will own more than the 99% by 2016, report says

Well, good for you. Maybe the billionaires of Texas use their power more benignly than do the ones here.

And, if you're lucky, they'll continue.

Or not. They're the ones with the power, after all, not you.

I have all the power I need or want. My priorities really changed after I lost my wife but I still refuse to support policies of those who want to punish wealth creation and promote equal outcome and redistribution of wealth. My life now is my kids and grandkids and making sure they understand personal responsibility and the benefits of hard work. In TX all benefit from their efforts as there is no state income taxes so they won't be penalized for their efforts.
 
Why dont you, who is trying to prove your point of middle class ownership, provide the data to prove your point, instead of asking me to prove your point?

The answer is, because your argument is too lazy to do so, because it would rather rely on speculation and negation of fact disproving it.



No, you want me to run around to try to prove common sense to you.


New Jersey locations by per capita income - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you read this:

In 2012, 9.1% of New Jersey households have annual incomes of or over $200,000, and 17.5% have incomes of $100,000 or more. By contrast, 5.3% have incomes of less than $10,000, and 24.9% less than $34,999.[1]


Simple observation shows that the majority of people in NJ fall between 34,999 and 100,000.


In order to get 65% home ownership, don't you think most of the middle class would be homeowners?
 
Wont ever happen. we vote the very people in who have no motivation for any such reform and every reason against it. When has any politician voted himself LESS power?

George Washington.
 
OK, if you really do all of that, it puts you in the 1%, maybe even the 0.1%

of voters who actually understand the issues, that is.

Meanwhile, the vast majority swallow the ads whole, which is why money is what it takes to get elected.

Money is what buys elections, not facts, not issues, not ideology (at least, not mostly), but money.

Which is why people with real money have real power.

I'm not talking about the guy who had a successful career or business and is now worth a few measly million and lives comfortably. I'm talking about the people with real wealth, the kind measured in the billions, the kind that comes from and then produces power.

And, power concentrated in only a few people is dangerous. It feeds on itself and grows even bigger and more powerful. That's true whether the power comes from government or from great wealth, or as is generally the case, from both.

Wealth can only get you power through the mechanism of government. If you actually want to reduce the power of the wealthy, reduce the power of government, especially to provide an ROI on investment. But so long as you increase the power of government, you will increase the power of those with the wealth to influence it.
 
I have all the power I need or want. My priorities really changed after I lost my wife but I still refuse to support policies of those who want to punish wealth creation and promote equal outcome and redistribution of wealth. My life now is my kids and grandkids and making sure they understand personal responsibility and the benefits of hard work. In TX all benefit from their efforts as there is no state income taxes so they won't be penalized for their efforts.

I have all of the power I need or want also. Unfortunately, there are those among us who seem to want and need more power.

But, what makes you think your grandkids won't be penalized for their efforts? Perhaps Texas is one of the seven states with no state income taxes, but you can bet there are other taxes that they have to pay. Moreover, they will pay federal taxes, and live under federal laws.
 
How can a business grow when there is no money to be made?


what?

i have zero idea on what you are asking

there are literally thousands of businesses making money right now

my wifes business has gone from 65 employees eight years ago to 150 today

the business that i manage has never been in better financial shape....

there is plenty of money to be made depending on where you are, and what you do
 
I thought the first black president was going to bring all the poor to the forefront and disintegrate the wealthy, guess not eh? :lamo
 
I thought the first black president was going to bring all the poor to the forefront and disintegrate the wealthy, guess not eh? :lamo

Did you see his state of the union? Looks like he's trying. It's just that one group somehow thinks taxation is communism/socialism.
 
Did you see his state of the union? Looks like he's trying. It's just that one group somehow thinks taxation is communism/socialism.

Taxation isn't communism and it's silly for you to say that anyone believes it is. Taxation is how we raise the revenue to pay for government spending. It's only when the government raises taxes on some to give more freestuff to others that it's socialism/communism. And what does Obama want to do? Raise taxes on just "the rich" so that he can promise more freestuff to the little libbies that sit there with their mouths open waiting for their next feeding of freestuff. It makes them chirp with excitement. No wonder his "approval rating" has been improving. He's giving his base what they want again, more promises of freestuff. I'm sure libs are absolutely giddy with joy and will stay that way until they realize that once again there's no football there when they go to kick it.

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Some people never learn.
 
Again, I am included in that wage study since I started in my career in 1970. I control my own wage growth because of my own efforts and work just like you do. If I didn't like what I was paid I could have taken the experience gained and moved on. I don't give a damn what someone else earns or pays in taxes thus the question remains, why do you? It is about time for you and all other liberals to stop flapping your mouth about fairness and accept the reality that it is freedom to make mistakes and poor choices as well. It isn't the role of the Federal Govt. to solve those social problems, that role is with your state

It is the Federal Government's role to protect equal opportunity NOT create equal outcome. What the top 1% controls is irrelevant to me as I control my own destiny as do you.

Yes, and absolutely NOTHING has changed in the work environment since the 70s, lol. You're stuck looking at your own experiences, not seeing the complete irrelevance they have to today's realities.
 
Remember, some of these posters were born with a silver spoon stuck up their ass.

If ONLY it were silver. These days, it's more like platinum.
 
Taxation isn't communism and it's silly for you to say that anyone believes it is. Taxation is how we raise the revenue to pay for government spending. It's only when the government raises taxes on some to give more freestuff to others that it's socialism/communism. And what does Obama want to do? Raise taxes on just "the rich" so that he can promise more freestuff to the little libbies that sit there with their mouths open waiting for their next feeding of freestuff. It makes them chirp with excitement. No wonder his "approval rating" has been improving. He's giving his base what they want again, more promises of freestuff. I'm sure libs are absolutely giddy with joy and will stay that way until they realize that once again there's no football there when they go to kick it.

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Some people never learn.

Pork is the meat of all politicians, not just democrats.
 
Taxation isn't communism and it's silly for you to say that anyone believes it is. Taxation is how we raise the revenue to pay for government spending. It's only when the government raises taxes on some to give more freestuff to others that it's socialism/communism. And what does Obama want to do? Raise taxes on just "the rich" so that he can promise more freestuff to the little libbies that sit there with their mouths open waiting for their next feeding of freestuff. It makes them chirp with excitement. No wonder his "approval rating" has been improving. He's giving his base what they want again, more promises of freestuff. I'm sure libs are absolutely giddy with joy and will stay that way until they realize that once again there's no football there when they go to kick it.

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Some people never learn.

That's what you determined are free handouts. Roads are free services provided to you. Libraries are free services provided to you. Medicare has been a free service provided to you. Medicaid is a free service provided to you. Every dollar the government spends is going to help someone, so every one of those is a form of "socialism" under that idiotic, simple ideology.

Having taxes at what almost any person would call a reasonable level is not a bad thing, it's not on the wrong side of the laffer curve, it isn't proven to spurn growth or limit revenue, and isn't socialism or communism.
 
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When we stop paying for SNAP, Earned Income Credit, and other hand-outs, you might have a point.

When jobs pay enough to self sustain, those things might no longer be needed.
 
No, you want me to run around to try to prove common sense to you.


New Jersey locations by per capita income - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you read this:

In 2012, 9.1% of New Jersey households have annual incomes of or over $200,000, and 17.5% have incomes of $100,000 or more. By contrast, 5.3% have incomes of less than $10,000, and 24.9% less than $34,999.[1]


Simple observation shows that the majority of people in NJ fall between 34,999 and 100,000.


In order to get 65% home ownership, don't you think most of the middle class would be homeowners?

I'm Jersey? No. I'm sure the numbers are flubbed. They probably throw in private landlords as homeowners for the property they rent.

The average pay in Jersey has to be higher because the taxes here are un-f'n-ing believable. The cost of living is high too. Purchasing power...what is that? And Jersey may become such a hellhole eventually that only the super rich or super poor could live here.
 
Absolutely.

Do you think there's a way to make the voters ignore the ads that feed them half truths and outright lies while appealing to emotions?

Yes. Publicly funding political campaigns, with NO private funding.
 
Wont ever happen. we vote the very people in who have no motivation for any such reform and every reason against it. When has any politician voted himself LESS power?

Then why are we here? To kill time, lol?






Actually.......






that IS why I'm here, lol.
 
That's what you determined is free handouts. Roads are free services provided to you then. Libraries are free services provided to you. Medicare has been a free service provided to you. Medicaid is a free service provided to you. Every dollar the government spend is going to help someone, so every one of those is a form of "socialism" under that idiotic, simple ideology.

Having taxes at what almost any person would call a reasonable level is not a bad thing, it's not on the wrong side of the laffer curve, it isn't proven to spurn growth or limit revenue, and isn't socialism or communism.

Don't even start that lame nonsense. Roads are for everyone. Wealth redistribution is taking money from one person and giving it to another in a misguided attempt to "even the score". Medicaid is a good example of wealth redistribution. The people who GET it aren't the ones that PAY for it. It is taking money from one group of people to buy stuff for another group of people. You are typical for today's liberals. The central pillar of the left's philosophy is to get the government to tax the rich in order to give you stuff YOU want. Basically, liberals are just thieves that are so lazy and cowardly that they demand the government do their stealing for them.
 
I'm Jersey? No. I'm sure the numbers are flubbed. They probably throw in private landlords as homeowners for the property they rent.

The average pay in Jersey has to be higher because the taxes here are un-f'n-ing believable. The cost of living is high too. Purchasing power...what is that? And Jersey may become such a hellhole eventually that only the super rich or super poor could live here.


Don't worry, CT is right there with you.


In fact, from what I've seen of the NE, it's a trend. Uber high living expenses couple only slightly higher pay scales, resulting in either wealthy, upper middle or higher....and then lower middle, debt hounds, and the poor.
 
I have all of the power I need or want also. Unfortunately, there are those among us who seem to want and need more power.

But, what makes you think your grandkids won't be penalized for their efforts? Perhaps Texas is one of the seven states with no state income taxes, but you can bet there are other taxes that they have to pay. Moreover, they will pay federal taxes, and live under federal laws.

Because my kids learned personal responsibility and both have done extremely good through their efforts and they are passing on those traits to their kids. Most of the other taxes that people pay are use taxes, don't use the product or service and don't pay the taxes. My kids and grandkids have learned and are learning that true power comes from the individual and accepting personal responsibility for the choices made. All they are given is opportunity and the freedom of choice comes with responsibility
 
Don't worry, CT is right there with you.


In fact, from what I've seen of the NE, it's a trend. Uber high living expenses couple only slightly higher pay scales, resulting in either wealthy, upper middle or higher....and then lower middle, debt hounds, and the poor.

It's how America is going in general, but yes it is exacerbated on the east coast.
 
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