--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <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
You guys (and gals) are just too smart for me, hey did you notice that Gov. Walker saved a school district in Wisconsin by eliminating the Unions collective bargaining rights? http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/06/union-curbs-rescue-wisconsin-school-district
