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Originally posted by micmerci
Oh, no, no, no, it is only those making over $250k- don't you remember? Only the super wealthy will see a rise in taxes, remember? Oh, you mean that was a crock of [snip]? You can't say that because that makes you a racist.
Oh, yeah BTW, If this news gets you fired up, just wait until Obamacare fully kicks in- then the fun begins!
And Obama's rating has gone up SMH
edit on Sat Dec 8 2012 by DontTreadOnMe because: Mod Note: Do Not Evade the Automatic Censors
Originally posted by AnonymousMoose
My wife and I are looking at the possibility of losing our apartment next year...it's already low income, just not sure what we are going to do honestly. We've never felt so hopeless. We both graduated from college in 2009, to a crumby economy but figured by now we'd have good jobs...I still work in retail and my wife still works as a nanny/babysitter. We just cannot find decent jobs.
Originally posted by phroziac
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
It absolutely is a status symbol. I only pay $500 a month in rent. These people could move to Pennsylvania. In fact, I would go even further to say that anyone who spends $25000 a year in rent is a fool. Why would anyone pay so much to be packed into a city where they don't even have god given rights?
Originally posted by SerialVelocity
Agree to universal healthcare, then at least you'll get more for your extra $14,000
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
yeah I don't know why you guys are all up in arms.
You never should have gotten a tax cut to begin with. If Regan had any common sense he'd have left the stuff where it was or made a MANDATORY removal of tax cuts. George should have done the same thing.
Now that people are comfortable not paying for anything the government has done, you all jump in the air when the time has come to do so.
America, you let your country slip into a financial disaster. It's time to fix it. That means ALL of you are going to be poor for a bit. Unless of course you simply ask the rich to reduce their wealth by about 20%, which to them is a drop in the ocean.
~Tenth
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Originally posted by phroziac
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
It absolutely is a status symbol. I only pay $500 a month in rent. These people could move to Pennsylvania. In fact, I would go even further to say that anyone who spends $25000 a year in rent is a fool. Why would anyone pay so much to be packed into a city where they don't even have god given rights?
I see.... So living in the NYC or San Fransisco areas is a status symbol? I'm sure the people in Harlem and the Bronx feel appropriately special with their status. Tha'ts a rather silly thing to say and if they all DID move to where you are, what do you think will then happen to your $500/month rent? I assure you, it won't be possible to find any longer. Rent is a supply and demand thing and unlike wealth, it IS a finite resource.
The class and income lines/differences are real clear in this thread. I've never even made more than about $45k/year myself outside owning my own truck and I'll tell ya... $225,000 or so in income isn't squat when it's the gross side of things. I actually came out with less when I owned my own. I don't envy or resent those who have done better than I have....nor do I wish Uncle Sam to fund more reckless overspending on their backs. When they are out of money to give, Uncle WILL come for the rest of ours. We're feeding a beast that never knows satisfaction here.edit on 9-12-2012 by Wrabbit2000 because: typo
Originally posted by dogstar23
Originally posted by micmerci
Oh, no, no, no, it is only those making over $250k- don't you remember? Only the super wealthy will see a rise in taxes, remember? Oh, you mean that was a crock of [snip]? You can't say that because that makes you a racist.
Oh, yeah BTW, If this news gets you fired up, just wait until Obamacare fully kicks in- then the fun begins!
And Obama's rating has gone up SMH
edit on Sat Dec 8 2012 by DontTreadOnMe because: Mod Note: Do Not Evade the Automatic Censors
You're thinking of a different scenario. The Dems want to let the tax cut expire without renewing it, ONLY for that portion of income which falls above $250,000. The Republicans want that portion to remain as well, and are willing to let it expire on the ”bottom 98%” if they don't get their way. A little research, or reading, can go a long way.
When they are out of money to give, Uncle WILL come for the rest of ours. We're feeding a beast that never knows satisfaction here.
Originally posted by HabiruThorstein
Well, this ought to kick the Obama Foreclosure-a-thon back into gear after a brief respite, his bankster buddies obviously haven't scooped enough nearly enough real estate over the last few years. Kicking up taxes on already stretched-too-thin homeowners ought to do the trick! And yes, Obama believers he's every bit as 'in' with the banksters as any Repub ever was, here's a list of guys in his administration who were payrolled from just ONE bank, Goldman-Sachs:
Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff, at GS Contract Employee
Robert Hormats, Under Sec of State, at GS Vice Chairman of GS Int'l
Stephen Friedman, Chairman FIAB, at GS he was co-COO and Chairman
Diana Farrell, Dep Secretary NEC, GS Financial Analyst
Phillip Murphy, Ambassador to Germany, at GSSenior Director GS-Frankfort
Mark Patterson, Chief of Staff, Treasury, and Former Lobbyist for GS
Adam Storch , COO SEC enforcement, at GS VP of Business Intelligence
Alexander Lasry, White House Staff, at GS, Government Affairs Analyst
Sonal Shah, White House Staff, at GS VP Environmental Policy
Gregory Craig, White House Counsel, at GS he was Chief Counsel Defense vs SEC lawsuit
Gary Gensler , Chairman CFTC, at GS Co-Head of Finance
That's just from Goldman-Sachs.
Originally posted by micmerci
reply to post by Heliophant
Yeah, it's crazy!! They could tax the entire US workforce at 100% and that would still not eliminate the 14 trillion dollar deficit. They must cut spending. They want to bring tax levels back to the Clinton era to replicate that success but it is impossible unless they bring spending back to those levels as well.
Originally posted by micmerci
Oh, no, no, no, it is only those making over $250k- don't you remember? Only the super wealthy will see a rise in taxes, remember? Oh, you mean that was a crock of [snip]? You can't say that because that makes you a racist.
Oh, yeah BTW, If this news gets you fired up, just wait until Obamacare fully kicks in- then the fun begins!
And Obama's rating has gone up SMH
edit on Sat Dec 8 2012 by DontTreadOnMe because: Mod Note: Do Not Evade the Automatic Censors
Originally posted by Deetermined
Originally posted by HabiruThorstein
Well, this ought to kick the Obama Foreclosure-a-thon back into gear after a brief respite, his bankster buddies obviously haven't scooped enough nearly enough real estate over the last few years. Kicking up taxes on already stretched-too-thin homeowners ought to do the trick! And yes, Obama believers he's every bit as 'in' with the banksters as any Repub ever was, here's a list of guys in his administration who were payrolled from just ONE bank, Goldman-Sachs:
Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff, at GS Contract Employee
Robert Hormats, Under Sec of State, at GS Vice Chairman of GS Int'l
Stephen Friedman, Chairman FIAB, at GS he was co-COO and Chairman
Diana Farrell, Dep Secretary NEC, GS Financial Analyst
Phillip Murphy, Ambassador to Germany, at GSSenior Director GS-Frankfort
Mark Patterson, Chief of Staff, Treasury, and Former Lobbyist for GS
Adam Storch , COO SEC enforcement, at GS VP of Business Intelligence
Alexander Lasry, White House Staff, at GS, Government Affairs Analyst
Sonal Shah, White House Staff, at GS VP Environmental Policy
Gregory Craig, White House Counsel, at GS he was Chief Counsel Defense vs SEC lawsuit
Gary Gensler , Chairman CFTC, at GS Co-Head of Finance
That's just from Goldman-Sachs.
It's now global. I haven't researched them all, but here's another one that's noteworthy.
Mario Draghi - New President of the European Central Bank as of November 1, 2011 is a former Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs.
Edit to add: Another thing you might find interesting about Goldman Sachs is that it's trying desperately to change it's image. It's largest growing office is the one in Salt Lake City. They're recruiting Mormons like mad and that's why they gave so much money to Romney in the last campaign.
They also appeared at the Vatican's conference, the Executive Summit on Ethics in the Business World, in June 2011.
Think it's going to help? LOL!
edit on 9-12-2012 by Deetermined because: (no reason given)