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Are you part of the majority of Americans who feel the rich should pay higher taxes?

Should the rich pay higher taxes?


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Re: Are you part of the majority of Americans who feel the rich should pay higher tax

North Korea. Cuba.

Cuba, maybe. Absolutely not NK. The people of North Korea don't own on control anything. It's a military dictatorship.

Either way, expecting those that reap the greatest benefit from American society to actually pay enough to support it has nothing to do with communism. It has to do with not being an ideologue about economics and facing the reality that stuff needs to get paid for, and that everyone besides the rich is already taxed pretty much to their limits. Take from those who have money to spare, rather than from those who don't. Duh.
 
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Interesting how the poll results are quite tilted against taxing the rich, but the links in the OP clearly indicate that the majority of Americans do want it. Seems to me that DP has experienced a microcosm of what is going on in America right now: The loud minority has a disproportionately strong voice.
Interesting? What's going on in your head exactly?
The wealthy ARE A ****ING MINORITY.
THAT A MINORITY getting ****ED UP THE ass is vocal about it is:

1. entirely, wholly, obvious, and to be expected.

2. What do you think you would be more vocal about opposing:
a. someone stealing your money,
or
b. someone you know getting some money, and giving you some of it.

Statistically, how do you think that plays out....
 
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Cuba, maybe. Absolutely not NK. The people of North Korea don't own on control anything. It's a military dictatorship.
You're missing the implication.

Take industry out of private hands give it to government - Communism.
Immediately after, what happens?
The typicaly historical, evidence-based likely outcome is that government, backed by a strong and brutal military, will then run the country.

How after this long on these forums, are you not aware of that?

Here, let me have your wallet, bank account, car keys, and girlfriend, I'll dole these out to you in a fair way. You think that's smart? Really? Maybe you are dirt poor and for you that would be a step up?! Please, let's do communism, because I'll bribe my way into a seat of relative power and be ten times as wealthy for less work, and laws will no longer apply to me.
 
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I'm sorry but that is what it is, greed ruling without morality.

Your username is clearly inaccurate my friend! Your insight cuts right to the heart of the matter! Welcome to the forum!!!:2wave:
 
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Problem is that morality is subjective. I personally don't consider it "moral" to make the rich float along the dead wood of society at the point of a gun. If they choose to donate profits to those less fortunate under their own volition, great. If not, sorry.

Fortunately D's morality is shared by the majority of the country, as opposed to your morality - everyone for themselves.
 
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Fortunately D's morality is shared by the majority of the country, as opposed to your morality - everyone for themselves.

the lowest common denominator nonsense again
 
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the lowest common denominator nonsense again

We place morality on a higher plane than you do.
 
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We place morality on a higher plane than you do.

That's not morality, that's jealousy.
 
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That's not morality, that's jealousy.

If you care to think of caring about your fellow citizens to be jealousy, you are of course welcome to do so. That is not my definition however.
 
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If you care to think of caring about your fellow citizens to be jealousy, you are of course welcome to do so. That is not my definition however.
And you care SO much you really really really believe someone ELSE should take care of them. :roll:
 
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A lot of votes on this thread.. more than usual. Is it just me or does it seem fishy?
 
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And you care SO much you really really really believe someone ELSE should take care of them. :roll:

Nope, just treated fairly. Nothing more, nothing less. To do otherwise is not only immoral and unpatriotic, it hurts our economy.
 
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We place morality on a higher plane than you do.

Liberals think that voting for taxes on others satisfy their duty to help others. That is because liberals tend to outsource most personal responsibilities to the government to the point that being charitable to a lib means supporting government redistribution of income rather than personally helping others

maybe that is why liberals tend to be far less charitable than economically similar conservatives
 
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If you care to think of caring about your fellow citizens to be jealousy, you are of course welcome to do so. That is not my definition however.

I guess to socialists caring is demanding others pay more taxes.

I find that to be both hypocritical and greedy
 
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Nope, just treated fairly. Nothing more, nothing less. To do otherwise is not only immoral and unpatriotic, it hurts our economy.
Ah...so the government SHOULDNT be providing everything for those poor and downtrodden folks. Good to know!
 
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If you care to think of caring about your fellow citizens to be jealousy, you are of course welcome to do so. That is not my definition however.

But the reality is, you're not caring about your fellow citizens, you're expecting someone else to pay for your "care". It's real easy to do when you don't have to pay for it out of your own pocket.
 
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Nope, just treated fairly. Nothing more, nothing less. To do otherwise is not only immoral and unpatriotic, it hurts our economy.

Great, then when can I expect my check from the government? After all, I deserve to be treated fairly too, don't I? When can the billionaires expect their checks?
 
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Ah...so the government SHOULDNT be providing everything for those poor and downtrodden folks. Good to know!

I don't know where you got the idea they were in the first place.
 
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But the reality is, you're not caring about your fellow citizens, you're expecting someone else to pay for your "care". It's real easy to do when you don't have to pay for it out of your own pocket.

Nope, I have never said that. All that I, and the 80% of the country that agrees with me, are saying is that the temporary tax cuts given to the wealthy should be eliminated.
 
Re: Are you part of the majority of Americans who feel the rich should pay higher tax

Nope, I have never said that. All that I, and the 80% of the country that agrees with me, are saying is that the temporary tax cuts given to the wealthy should be eliminated.

Yeah that justifies it. 80% say the other 5% should pay more taxes



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Re: Are you part of the majority of Americans who feel the rich should pay higher tax

Great, then when can I expect my check from the government? After all, I deserve to be treated fairly too, don't I? When can the billionaires expect their checks?

How are your taxes unfair compared to the working class?
 
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How are your taxes unfair compared to the working class?

the working class pays almost no income taxes

yet they use a ton of the services provided for the income tax
 
Re: Are you part of the majority of Americans who feel the rich should pay higher tax

Yeah that justifies it. 80% say the other 5% should pay more taxes



most fleas agree that the dog should be allow them to bite him without him scratching

You have benefited from the temporary tax cuts so long, you think you are entitled to them forever don't you? Such dependency is not healthy.
 
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You have benefited from the temporary tax cuts so long, you think you are entitled to them forever don't you? Such dependency is not healthy.

I love the wealth stealer mentality

I should pay no more taxes than you. afterall I don't use any more services than you do

its the parasites who have become dependent on others paying inflated amounts of taxes so the parasites can get all the government they want without coughing up the bucks
 
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I love the wealth stealer mentality

I should pay no more taxes than you. afterall I don't use any more services than you do

its the parasites who have become dependent on others paying inflated amounts of taxes so the parasites can get all the government they want without coughing up the bucks

If you are as wealthy as you like to claim, you already do pay a lesser percentage of your total income in taxes than I do, and you whine that you want more and more breaks.
 
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