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originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: ketsuko
Does a loaf of bread cost any more for your uncle or cousin than it does for a lower class family? How about for the Walmart CEO? If not, how is a higher tax going to negatively affect them like it would one of those lower class families?
If the country is more dependent on you for the economy to prosper then you have a greater duty to return the favor so to speak. "With great power comes great responsibility." These fat cats want nothing to do with responsibility it seems.
I think People are
"Fed up" and Disgusted
originally posted by: burntheships
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
No.
Let''s keep looking at the money.....
how much do you actually "need"?
Who gets to decide how much you "need"?
But, for some, they hate seeing that, because they didn't make it, or don't think they can.
No one should have lots and lots of money.
There should be a limit
originally posted by: eriktheawful
And when I see that last statement, the first thing that comes to my mind is next, we'll all greet each other with the word "Comrade."
I'm less concerned about how much people make, and more concerned about the fact that people want to limit it, or control it.
originally posted by: Eilasvaleleyn
a reply to: angeldoll
A lot of people think that any form of tax is the Government stealing from them.
originally posted by: angeldoll Everybody has to pay their fair share of taxes, except for some of the very rich who can afford attorneys, accountants and whoever to figure out shelters for them to dodge it or hide it altogether in other countries ...