Frankly, had you made a point worth commenting on I'm sure someone would have commented on it. I'm only commenting now because you referred to me in your post. I'd say the poor in the US don't shoot the rich because they don't want to go to jail. Was there some other great truth you wished to express? OldTrader
LOL. But they do shoot the rich. And there is no chance that you would ever get the other truth for the reason expressed in the prior post. I alluded to you because your posts are most illustrative of the syndrome and others might see it in you and thus get some insight, not because I thought that there was really a chance that you might. But it is interesting that you responded ... enough from me on the topic, people either get it or they don't. __________________ The things people believe in are usually just what they instinctively feel is right; the justifications and arguments are the least important part of the belief. That's why you can win the argument, prove them wrong, and still they believe what they did in the first place. You've attacked the wrong thing. So what do you do? Agree to disagree. Or fight. - C. Zakalwe.
We need to raise estate taxes, not lower them. Low estate taxes do nothing to promote economic activity, all they do is create a parasitic class of the likes of Paris Hilton. I say, hike the top estate tax rate to 80-90%, and use the proceeds to cut income taxes to encourage income-generating endeavors.
LOL. But they don't shoot the rich. By the way, I do get the "other great truth", such that it is. OldTrader
LOL, and somehow you don't think stealing 90% of what someone has earned might cause a motivation problem? fvcking lunacy! Tell you what, I want to motivate you ,now give me 70% of what you have and all future earnings. MOTIVATED NOW?
the posts on this thread in support of raising MW or taxes of anykind in hopes of increasing societal wealth just get more pathetic the longer this thread is open..... cause yes, clearly raising MW saved Britain...... clearly the poor shoot the rich in america everyday for their money (you might have had more backers on this one if you said the rich shoot the rich to get richer) and clearly taxing dead people for their entire wealth would inccrease productivity while people are still alive.. come one people...these are the dumbest F*cking things i have ever heard
sheesh...nobody said min wage increases saved britain but all the doom and gloom scenario portrayed by those who were opposed was just in their mind...in fact it has helped consumer spendin' and raised standard of life for the poor....u keep arguin' that it would be bad while u got no facts to support u views...on the contrary in all the countries it has been done it has had zero negative effect on the economy and on your taxes.
Yes, and it also shows that we are not teaching economics enough in high school. While I don't fault the bleeding hearts for their intentions, its the actual outcomes of their policies that they always ignore because as long as the intentions were good, they feel fine. Meanwhile the victims of these policies continue to believe their saving grace is in the very thing that keeps them down...abdication of personal responsibility to the government.