Interestingly, this was on CNN last week.

I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view

I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view

I think you hit the nail on the head with this.

A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view.

I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view

I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view

I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view

I’m not rich from no-bid government contracts, but from the market system, and I strongly advocate tax that costs/benefits people as equally as possible (i.e., a tight progressive tax, not the regressive ‘flat tax’): I’m a “fair tax” enthusiast not because I’m a bleeding heart liberal, just a liberal – but because I CAN’T GET/STAY RICH if middle class consumers are too broke to buy my stuff!

Several bloggers were correct that we wealthy folks have MANY loopholes around taxes – though I only have a few million unlike billionaires who pay almost nothing or even get subsidized.

We and corporations take up the bulk of the court system, get preferential police and fire protection, and pay less general cost for most services and infrastructure relative to benefits reaped, not to mention locating to better school districts and neighborhoods.

But the SELFISH reason I want to pay my “fair” share is that if I cheat, it incentivizes lawyers and accountants to perpetuate an ever-more-dishonest system and they then co-create more rich people who pay less: A RACE TO THE BOTTOM, where taxation becomes very inefficient as more administrative costs go to collection from more lower earners.

WE RICH BENEFIT by a strong middle class: (1) they have more disposable income for our products, (2) our employees suffer less turnover and friction, (3) with easier access to the wealth-class, it becomes more realistic, praised, and self-reinforcing, helping us KEEP more wealth, (4) there is less “hate the rich” class war attitude, and we then pay less social cost to legitimize our existence and do damage control during conflicts, and (5) psychologically, we feel more “in-group” with members of lower classes and notice less hostility to us from those classes.

These are just a few ways simply paying a few more bucks in an arguable VERY good deal for all of us – progressive tax – leads to more happy people for less money and social cost. And this is all just off the top of my head, IMAGINE what we could come up with if we undertook a serious study. Feedback welcome – you people are smart and pleasant!

“what the hell’s she talking about?”

well, i posted a comment in reply to this:
“Tax the rich, feed the poor, till there are no rich no more”
-Ten Years After-
Comment by homer simpson — September 27, 2006 @ 8:59 pm
but it seems to be lost in the netherlands, again…”

that 1971 song was ANTI all right… a classic protest song…
this song was chosen as one of another 50 “top conservative songs” by some guy at national review, who proclaimed it to be “anti-hippie”…
i posted a link to the lyrics and a you-tube video…
it’s obvious the homers don’t examine the things their leaders tell them to believe in…
ten years after/alvin lee = conservative … …ah hahahahahahaha!

That woke you up. Recession two or MORE quarters of negative GDP growth ( I’ll give you a little on that one). Most important it was a very mild one (if it was one at all) occuring after about ten years of very healthy economic growth. Your bull $hit “full blown ” recession is pathetic. The stock market has done ZIP in the 6 years your boy has been in charge. The deficit is out of controll-so you are proud of that? Hey coach tell what level the Dow should be at now after six years of your boys management compared to the historical average gain expected. I’ll give you a clue it ain’t 11,700 and change. Put that in your jock strap.

Fox news? Oh puleeeze! Who cares…..
Jesus was a man who was a hippie! Get over it!

So your saying Clinton had nothing to do with economic prosperity? It was just a wave? Hey, for once I agree.

ROTFL

First, where did I say that? To quote what many posters here say… “Holy strawman, Batman!”

The waves of ups and downs with the economy is basic economics here. Did you ever go to college? There are things you can do to stimulate the economy to encourage the lows to not go so low, or to make the highs higher, but you can’t immediately “turn the economy around” quickly with any legislation. However, you can make the economy take a dump REALLY quickly. You can thank all the morons who overinflated the tech sector during the “bubble.”

But back to the context of the post, they are saying after four years of unsteady growth and loss (how many times has the economy bounced back and forth before reaching the high which was only “since 2000″ when the economy completely tanked) that tax cuts MUST be the cause! There is no proof. There is as much evidence that tax cuts fixed this as the fact that I made pizza last night for dinner. If I make pizza for dinner tomorrow, does that mean the economy is going to get better tomorrow? Absolutely not. You and Fox News need to learn about cause and effect.

Also, how about some real proof (some studies by economists would be nice) about this supposed benefit of tax cuts over the past four years? You never hear about it. You just hear anectdotal evidence like “wow yesterday was a good day so we can forget about the last four years of suck!”

I’m a proud liberal progressive …

…and I guess your parents (or someone else in your retarded line) has died and left you some money…

…cuz you’re WAYYY too stupid to have any…

…any other way…

Corrupt Government Giveaways Will Continue, Admits Congressman

Help Taxpayers — Take Big Oil Off Welfare

Government Fails to Collect Public Revenue

Taxpayers Deserve to Know How Their Money is Squandered

Military Spending Scandal — The Department of Waste

Some Courts Take Steps Against Corporate Welfare Queens

Wal-Mart Welfare

Using Corporate Welfare to Bias Elections

Corporate Welfare Queens Laugh as Toady Scrambles to Give Them Handouts — D.C.’s Corrupt Mayor Wants to Give Away $440 Million While Schools Rot

World’s Biggest Corporation is a Welfare Queen

To Boost Corporate Welfare Giveaways, U.S. Forest Service Tells Lies

WTO Rules Against U.S. Cotton Subsidies In Landmark Decision

Corporate Welfare *Shame Page* continued

ROTFL