> gMoney wrote: > OK, but can you answer the fairness question? > > Is it fair to overly tax the rich to pay for programs that cater solely to > the poor and middle class...and justify it by saying "oh well, you can > afford it"??? >
Yeah, that was the core of my point. Do you think that we should ask people $200K+/yr to pay for the entire nation's anything - healthcare included. Because if you say you don't agree with that, then the rest of our conversation was moot. (BTW - I said *some* people would decide not to take on the risk they normally would *in the US* if taxes become punitive. Of course some will follow the rules no matter what, but other will either take their business elsewhere or simply move their income out of the US to stay below the line.) (As another aside, this is the whole Reganonmics debate. Many said the Laffer curve was proven out as tax revenues went up in the 80s. Others said that was simply due to people moving their money back onshore as it was no longer worth the risk to keep it in Switzerland or the Caymans.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227198 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
