On 07/03/2011 01:07 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"<jstein@...> wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u"<wgm4u@> wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"<jstein@> wrote: >> <snip> >>>>> So let's get this straight, a business owner risks his >>>>> time and capital and now that he's Rich you want to go >>>>> in there, take his money, and tell him where he must >>>>> spend it? >>>> FYI, the government is currently taking a *record >>>> low* percentage of the income of the wealthiest in >>>> this country. >>>> >>>>> What gives you the right to do such a thing? >>>> The same thing that gives the business owner the right >>>> to take advantage of what the government supplies for >>>> the common good in order to make his money. >>>> >>>> The business owner also needs to recognize that for his >>>> business to be successful, he needs a *market*, people >>>> who can afford to buy the products he makes or the >>>> services he supplies. If a huge percentage of the money >>>> in the country is flowing to the wealthy while the income >>>> of the rest of the population is increasingly squeezed >>>> just to pay for shelter and food, where is the business >>>> owner going to sell his products or services? >>>> >>>> The kind of economy in which the wealthy business owner >>>> can continue to prosper is dependent on the financial >>>> well-being of everybody else. >>>> >>>> It's in the business owner's *self-interest* to pay taxes >>>> so the government can fund the services he depends on to >>>> run his business (e.g., highways). It's in his *self- >>>> interest* to pay taxes so the government can fund social >>>> programs that enable people to maintain a decent standard >>>> of living. >>>> >>>> Are you familiar with the story about killing the goose >>>> that laid the golden egg? >>> Sorry Judy, I wouldn't know where to begin to unravel that, >>> we'll just have to agree to disagree, (any takers?) >> You mean, "My mind is made up, don't confuse me with the >> facts"? Sure, your choice. >> > wgm4u probably believes these "facts" as well: > 1. Obama is a socialist. > 2. The economic collapse of 2008 was brought about by too much regulation. > 3. The New Deal caused the Depression. > 4. Hitler was a left-winger. > 5. Stalin killed more people than Hitler did. > 6. Joe McCarthy was right. > 7. In 1970, most returning Vietnam veterans supported Nixon and detested the > hippies who spat on them. They especially despised Jane Fonda. > 8. Free trade helped America to prosper in the 19th century. > 9. A great company like Toyota can grow only if a government follows strict > laissez-faire policies. > 10. Lower taxes on the rich increase government revenues. > 11. A left-wing conspiracy controls the media. > 12. Milton Friedman and the libertarian Chicago school economists improved > the quality of life in Latin America. > > "Those converted to the twelve points listed above will never revise their > opinions, no matter how persuasive the counter-evidence. People believe what > they want to believe. They will accept any argument, however absurd, from > those who flatter their preconceptions." > > http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2011/07/moo-moo-moo.html
Not to mention that if wgm4u were a business owner would also not hesitate to offshore his manufacturing to make more profit for himself. Yeh, so much for the "hard working American" he so embraces.
