WTF? People actually believe people who work harder should be taxed more?

[ScubaStevo]

Let me understand this - there is an entire political party that believes that people who work, save, invest, plan, and drive the U.S. economy should be taxed to an extent that makes them little better off than an unemployed person, a welfare recipient, or a drug addict?

And this party is actually taken seriously??

[ScubaStevo]

bump

[BrentonJ]

They are still rich
They often as not had money to begin with, whether in the hundreds of thousands to the millions from which they built that wealth. SO THEY HAVE NOT, DO NOT AND WILL NEVER WORK HARDER!!!
Would you rather **** on the already poor and make them even more desperate (aka criminally inclined)

The old proverb, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

[threadjacker]

@Stevo What's your problem, bitch?

[lostinthesouthh]

I dont think you understand how taxing works

[HollywoodBody]

u mad?

[BrentonJ]

what's your problem, bitch?

he thinks we shouldnt tax the hard up against it billionaire

[threadjacker]

he thinks we shouldnt tax the hard up against it billionaire

tell him i said, have a coke and a smile and shut the **** up

[BENNAYBOY]

Harder work =/= higher pay

Warren buffet doesnt really work hard. He witty and sits on his ass all day.

[gouscfootball]

I agree in principle on more tax for millionaires, but they must lower the middle class tax brackets. It's absurd you start to pay 25%!!!!!! of your income to the gov't when you make 35k or more. And that is just the federal tax. But poor people should get less incentives to stay poor. There are way too many entitlement programs in the US. The gov't needs to use tax money for education and infrastructure instead...not military and welfare...alas those are the two most popular options

[swaptrex]

They are still rich
They often as not had money to begin with, whether in the hundreds of thousands to the millions from which they built that wealth. SO THEY HAVE NOT, DO NOT AND WILL NEVER WORK HARDER!!!
Would you rather **** on the already poor and make them even more desperate (aka criminally inclined)

The old proverb, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

Location: Newcastle, NSW, Australia

[MeeesterNiceGuy]

Yup, it helps the less fortunate / low income families from being taxed less.

[...Rousseau...]

I don't think you realize how disproportionately rich a tiny percentage of our country is. the gap has grown tremendously in the past few decades and taxes for the rich have been much higher in the past.

[CamelJockey]

Rich people don't work hard, they work smart.

And everyone wants to tax the rich, until they become rich themselves. Problem is though, that a majority of these people are stuck in a slave-wage mentality, so they won't become rich anyways.

[stfaulk89]

you people should take an econ class to get a clue on how taxing works. if you tax the rich more, you will see higher unemployment rates.. so if you think that the rich should get taxed more, you're a fkn idiot

[CamelJockey]

I don't think you realize how disproportionately rich a tiny percentage of our country is. the gap has grown tremendously in the past few decades and taxes for the rich have been much higher in the past.

I realize there's a huge gap, but it's still their money. I don't believe the rich should be taxed more to help poor people.

[LawlKing]

you people should take an econ class to get a clue on how taxing works. If you tax the rich more, you will see higher unemployment rates.. So if you think that the rich should get taxed more, you're a fkn idiot

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[chpalmer24]

Let me understand this - there is an entire political party that believes that people who work, save, invest, plan, and drive the U.S. economy should be taxed to an extent that makes them little better off than an unemployed person, a welfare recipient, or a drug addict?

And this party is actually taken seriously??

Amen brother.

[Luke_Skyguy]

Rich people don't work hard, they work smart.

And everyone wants to tax the rich, until they become rich themselves. Problem is though, that a majority of these people are stuck in a slave-wage mentality, so they won't become rich anyways.

[BrentonJ]

Location: Newcastle, NSW, Australia

clever argument brah. I like your analysis, you should sell your services as a political adviser (srs).

[dhfootball92]

They are still rich
They often as not had money to begin with, whether in the hundreds of thousands to the millions from which they built that wealth. SO THEY HAVE NOT, DO NOT AND WILL NEVER WORK HARDER!!!
Would you rather **** on the already poor and make them even more desperate (aka criminally inclined)

The old proverb, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

This^

OP you talk like they wanna tax the **** out of the middle class not the super rich......OH WAIT THATS ALREADY HAPPENING

[TestosteroneTy]

Fact I learned today in my government class. The richest 400 people in america have more wealth than the poorest 150 Million. That's half the population.

[SomeRandomName]

They are still rich
They often as not had money to begin with, whether in the hundreds of thousands to the millions from which they built that wealth. SO THEY HAVE NOT, DO NOT AND WILL NEVER WORK HARDER!!!

Man you're dumb. OP is also dumb, but this post is significantly more full of fail

[PeaceWalker]

lol @ thinking that people get rich through hard work. If that were true then every ditch digger would be a billionaire.

[ryan36_1]

Let me understand this - there is an entire political party that believes that people who work, save, invest, plan, and drive the U.S. economy should be taxed to an extent that makes them little better off than an unemployed person, a welfare recipient, or a drug addict?

And this party is actually taken seriously??

If you raised the capital gain tax from 15% to 35% all at once, do you any idea what that would do to the stock market?

[TAS44]

Let me understand this - there is an entire political party that believes that people who work, save, invest, plan, and drive the U.S. economy should be taxed to an extent that makes them little better off than an unemployed person, a welfare recipient, or a drug addict?

And this party is actually taken seriously??

not sure if troll......

[BrentonJ]

Man you're dumb. OP is also dumb, but this post is significantly more full of fail

explain this shiz *******. Randomly call out with some dumb ass comment with nothing to bback up. Explain your ****ing logic

[m30wc0w]

yes it should be like that.
i agree though, it is really not fair for the members of the lower class social strata who commit crimes... but it's something that could mean food on the table, a son in college, or a mother getting a babysitter...
the fact is that all (well, most) of our ancestors were immigrants who came here willing to work... would you have denied your grandfather comfort and economic stability when he was working his ass off just to make ends meet so mr. rockafeller could suck sum dik and die of aids?

[stfaulk89]

also, they've already had a tax on millionaires.. it was called the 'millionaire tax' only problem is that people who made 600,000.. and even as low as 500k were getting this millionaire tax as well.. led to higher unemployment small businesses were being shut down

[hooked4life]

are you saying effort is what your tax rate should be based on?