The current situation is shameful. It is lying with statistics, based on an outmoded tax structure - Let the ultra-wealthy give something back, besides the minimum. The only reason that chart is trotted out, is to quiet those who know they are being screwed, and to appease the very rich.
How is someone worth a billion dollars, going to miss a hundred million or so? The ultra rich use a disproportionate share of the common, and they should pay their fair share, without any tax breaks. If they did that, and corporations chipped in their fair share, that would be good enough for me. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote : On 11/22/2014 2:28 PM, fleetwood_macncheese wrote: > Yes, I agree that a larger safety net is necessary, and the bucks for that should come from the ultra wealthy who shirk their national responsibility, by evading taxes. > A new CBO study shows that ‘the rich’ don’t just pay their ‘fair share,’ they pay almost everybody’s share. http://www.aei.org/publication/new-cbo-study-shows-rich-dont-just-pay-fair-share-pay-almost-everybodys-share/ http://www.aei.org/publication/new-cbo-study-shows-rich-dont-just-pay-fair-share-pay-almost-everybodys-share/ > Otherwise, we will continue to see the middle class disappear, and be headed for a second revolution, eventually. Part of the issue, is that corporate titans are seen as great visionaries and geniuses, instead of simply being true to their charter, which is to turn as big a profit, as possible, resources and populations be damned. We need real leaders, not Warren Buffet and a bunch of unethical salesmen, running this country. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote : One of the ways of doing it would be guaranteed annual income. That's a safety net and keeps people from becoming desperate. In fact the crime reduction it might produce might pay for it. You can look up the different countries implementing it and see how they are going to pay for it. Otherwise limit how much money anyone can have because we're seeing that billionaires are mentally ill and don't deserve the power they wield. Americans are so brainwashed with a Tarzan like "capitalism good, socialism bad" meme that its difficult to get any decent change and it'll just send us back to the middle ages where there are two classes the extremely wealthy and the extremely poor. Don't stand for it! Nothing brings this out more than than the holiday season or "Crassmust". On 11/22/2014 10:20 AM, fleetwood_macncheese@... mailto:fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Yes, but I don't know how that would be possible. This area I now live in, was a paradise for the natives, for 3,000 years - no inter-tribal warfare, and absolute respect for territorial boundaries. But, they had nothing, and lived entirely off the land. I like my tech, and modern life, and not sure how that would happen, without monetary rewards. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote : People sure are desperate for making money so they come up with their weirdest ideas. If there is a future it's going to be VERY, VERY weird. Just think what a nicer world this would be if people didn't have to worry about making money. On 11/22/2014 08:11 AM, fleetwood_macncheese@... mailto:fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Can't find your car? Hold your key fob up to your head. (Really.) Can't find your car? Hold your key fob up to your he... It sounds crazy, but it extends its range just a little bit. View on www.vox.com Preview by Yahoo Turn your brain into an antenna, by holding your key fob close to your head...
