Posted on 04/18/2013 2:42:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
This should not be a surprise...we are no longer a united nation. We are two distinct groups who will fight...best to part ways.
And that is why I refuse to work my butt off anymore. Tired of building my biz for over 30 yrs, paying more & more taxes just for my money to be increasingly confiscated. No more - after I pay my bills, I just don’t take the work anymore. Would rather have more free time to enjoy the sunsets.
Many of you who read that material will identify with the “rich.” Try to put that aside for a moment.
Of course, “taxing the rich more” is not the answer, but clearing the way for more competition is. Think about it. For example, you all know that we need more real, “sustainable” revenues from manufacturing and that our country’s economy is lacking in production.
Try getting rid of zoning ordinances/”laws” against new, small manufacturing operations in rural areas. Put the generalizing hogwash about custom machining operations losing to CNC shops, for example, out of mind for the time being. Yes, for screw machines and the like, true, but not all kinds of production. I’ve done the work enough to know better. Repeal those ordinances. Touch that nerve. See what happens.
The end result is a declining standard of living for all. Those who get freebies won’t work at all and those that do work will work less hard and say why bother when it goes to the government and someone else. Americans are used to benefitting from their own industry. Take the reward away and that’s it. America: the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
get them to pay taxes themselves or shut up....if you don’t pay taxes then you have no right to vote on how the money is spent
What liberal don’t understand is that most of them would end up with a cut in pay.
Ask them, “Would you like a more even distribution of wealth even if that meant that your own personal income and/or wealth status remained unchanged?”
They would say, nope.
Envy is a sin, brothers.
Who is John Galt?
Pray for America to Wake UP
It’s amazing how many acquaintances of mine keep saying let the rich people pay more in taxes.
Until you tell them that you will be taking THEIR money. Then the conniptions start.
The catch is they NEVER ask what is considered a FAIR amount that people would like the rich to be taxed. When my sampling answers most of these dolts say something along the lines of 50 percent for ALL tax burdens. Imagine their surprise when I say oh good now we can lower taxes.
Scary but hardly surprising. And now... once and for all, we can cast aside the false premise that America is no longer a “center-right” country.
That America is no longer = America is still
It is and it isn’t. Think of how many people fall for all the “you may already have won” and similar scams. And amazing number of people seem to think that money is going to fall from the sky and land in their front yard. Even if common sense and experience would suggest the contrary.
“Paul “ in the case would be political cronies, not the people who participated in this poll. If they could only figure that out.
Who qualifies as a conservative? John McCain, Schwarzenegger, Olympia Snow????
It's earned.
Eliminating crony capitalism and rolling back regulation would more evenly distribute wealth.
I will take the optimistic approach. If you look at the first chart, while more people in this poll think the rich should pay more, please note that the level is just about the lowest it has been in years. It fact it dropped down significantly since Obama was elected President. So, just maybe many people do not like what they see Obama attempting to do.
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