Posted on 09/23/2008 9:06:10 PM PDT by walkwu
In this climatic of times when fingers are pointing in every which way and the ability to know whom is trustworthy and whom is not is not easily attainable, words such as the "rich people don't 'deserve' their money" may sound tantalizingly good, but it is wrought with dangerous ramifications.
When politicians say that the rich don't need the extra money, the response ought to be, "government doesn't need it either." Placing taxes on the uber-rich and the corporations will just transfer their wealth to the coffers of others in Washington D.C. The promise may be that the taxed amount will eventually trickle down to the middle- and lower-class families, but this promise has seldom been realized long-term, if at all, in any historical time frame.
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I agree.
I don’t try to take anything away from the rich.
So why are they trying to take from me? Government bailout = stealing from MY pocket.
when they start taking from we typical white persons out here in the hinterlands earning wages not big bonuses, is when I object...
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