well yes, this is my point, and I *think* Jerry's too. There is this thing called discretionary income, which is how much you have left when you have paid your taxes, your rent, your bills and your food. The amount of this is what determines your standard of living. That guy making $10 an hour doesn't have any. Well... In New Mexico maybe he would have a *little.*
Even if that guy making over $200,000 has a pretty snazzy car and an expensive house, he still has quite a bit left over for whatever don't you think? Let's say maybe half of that $12,500 a month if I take your numbers on faith. I think he could manage a couple hundred to keep a few people from dying. Whereas the guy making $10 an hour probably doesn't mind contributing because he knows it could be him next, but if he kicks in too much he can't pay the rent. Dana On 2/7/07, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been reading through this post and while I agree with much that's > being > said, I just want to state for those of us who don't make 200,000 a year, > it > totally makes sense for those people to pay more taxes. If the average > salary in the usa is $10 per hour how do you expect to extract enough cash > out these people just scrapping to get by. > > You need to make more than $20 and hour to get ahead in today's society. > And > there are a lot of smart people taking risks making under $20 an hour. > Those making over 200,000 should have enough to kick in a little extra. I > mean come on, that's $16,666 gross per month * 25% subtract the $4166 and > this person still has $12,500 per month. Many of whom work just as hard as > those making $10 a hour struggling. > > Casey > > .. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:227302 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
