RE: The french rich ask for a tax on...themselves
August 24, 2011 at 2:24 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2011 at 2:36 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Taxes ground my ass so hard that my wife (who has a degree in business finance) works as a secretary so we can grab health insurance and afford birthday presents (along with everything else that gets tight for us at certain points of the year). When you hear us "Middle Class Americans" complain about being eaten alive by the system we're not kidding, we're very serious. My wife and I joke about "losing" our jobs all the time, we'd end up with the same quality of life and have more time to spend with our kids. I can squeeze a dollar out of a rock, literally, so whats holding me back?
(Rhetorical, it's the un-fucking-believable amount of tax, and fees to be paid that is then distributed in subsidy and sweetheart deals to my multi-billion dollar competitors. All the while....they pay a lower rate on their income. Brilliant)
Actually Deist, here, the top earners shoulder more of the tax burden. Of course they would, when you add it up, since you can't bleed a stone. The issue is this, when what is paid does not cover services, who should we lean on? Those whose wealth depends upon those services? Or those who cannot afford to even begin to avail themselves of all of those services?
(Rhetorical, it's the un-fucking-believable amount of tax, and fees to be paid that is then distributed in subsidy and sweetheart deals to my multi-billion dollar competitors. All the while....they pay a lower rate on their income. Brilliant)
Actually Deist, here, the top earners shoulder more of the tax burden. Of course they would, when you add it up, since you can't bleed a stone. The issue is this, when what is paid does not cover services, who should we lean on? Those whose wealth depends upon those services? Or those who cannot afford to even begin to avail themselves of all of those services?
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