By: BarkinDog
When Hollande gets done he will probably be living in Holland. We call it the Netherlands. But that is neither here nor there. If you read the Economist 2013 issue, which is a separate issue with...
View ArticleBy: rafflaw
Professor, I do not see this as a demonization of the wealthy. I see it as a process of leveling the playing floor. Why should he wealthy have the ability to consider their investment income at a rate...
View ArticleBy: Dredd
“wealthy … is defined as anyone making over $250,000 a year” I would say that is a very inaccurate definition. The 1% is a better definition.
View ArticleBy: mespo727272
JT: “At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.” ~Georges-Jacques Danton ***************** While I agree (and have defended here) the proposition that you...
View ArticleBy: Swarthmore mom
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/05/30/while-fox-demonizes-the-poor-the-rich-skip-out/186720 People that make 250,000 certainly aren’t rich especially if they live in urban areas but they can help out...
View ArticleBy: Woosty's still a Cat
maybe they aren’t leaving because the tax is increasing…maybe they see an ugly repetition of history and an even uglier writing on the wall….and maybe we should pay close attention to what happens over...
View ArticleBy: Swarthmore mom
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-12/mcdonald-s-8-25-man-and-8-75-million-ceo-shows-pay-gap.html The wage gap is more than excessive between McDonald’s CEO who is paid 8 million and a worker that...
View ArticleBy: Swarthmore mom
Sixty-five percent of Americans say the Nov. 6 results gave Obama a “mandate” on his proposal to raise tax rates on income over $250,000 and “to get it done.” Forty-five percent of Republicans agree....
View ArticleBy: givemegridlock
I think I finally figured out how “fair share” is defined: more. When you add up all the different tax burdens (sales, property, income, wages, social security, etc.), the resulting number, be it 40%...
View ArticleBy: Mike Spindell
“and maybe we should pay close attention to what happens over there because the 98% probably isn’t so much vilifying the wealthy as they are really pissed off at the anti-worker legislations and gross,...
View ArticleBy: Bron
the French Revolution was the result of a population which worked hard and paid taxes so that a king who did not work could live a carefree lifestyle. I see a parallel. This isnt France circa 1789 and...
View ArticleBy: DonS
There’s a big difference between a 75% rate, and quibbling over 35, or 37..5, or 39% rate. Or even, OMG, 45% And the $250K level is a red herring. Pols throw around figures like $250, $500. $1M like...
View ArticleBy: rippleton
The wealthy should pay more, a lot more. My reasoning is that they profit immensely off of war which runs countries into debt. In some cases the wars are mostly waged to give Western corporations an...
View ArticleBy: Onlooker
We’re also hearing in France, as well as here, that the rich should be “patriotic” and pay more in taxes because their country is in peril (and similarly worded claptrap). Patriotism is indeed the last...
View ArticleBy: Woosty's still a Cat
Maybe it is less about the tax rate than about the incredible imbalance in tax loop holes etc which leave the working stiff (especially the middle class working stiff) with less opportunity to hold...
View ArticleBy: rippleton
Governments are quick to jail a thief who steals from the market. But the market itself is built upon thievery.
View ArticleBy: Paul
So many people decry the money that rich people/corporations make off of big government, then they say we need bigger government? The answer is smaller government. As long as there is billions $ to be...
View ArticleBy: DonS
Here’s a thought: as long as our stupid government is going to continue to waste billions of dollars to feed the militarist state (not to mention lives), which benefit the wealthy in numerous ways, why...
View ArticleBy: mespo727272
rippleton: “I am astonished, Mr. Turley, that you don’t see how the rich are undermining democratic principles. Voter suppression is just one way they do that. They also control, when necessary, the...
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