It's only fair.
Posted on 03/30/2010 12:06:24 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day
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There's also the issue of whether these tax cuts, in conjunction with the health care reform bill signed last week, represent a redistribution of wealth in America, as many claim.
"It's a simple proposition to us: Everyone is entitled to adequate medical health care," Biden says. "If you call that a 'redistribution of income' -- well, so be it. I don't call it that. I call it just being fair -- giving the middle class taxpayers an even break that the wealthy have been getting."
The top quintile of Americans earned 55.7% of pretax income and paid 69.3% of federal taxes in 2006, according to the most recent CBO data. But the Vice President isn't buying the idea that the wealthiest are already paying their fair share, noting the top 1% of earners get 22% of all income made in the U.S.
"Taxes have been lowered for the wealthy considerably over the years," he says. "It's about time we get a little tax equity here."
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
Joe and his wife made $ 260,000 in 2008.
They gave away $ 1800 to charity.
And $ 550 of that was clothing.
So that left $ 1250 over 52 weeks or $ 24.00/week. Wow.
That was before he was VP. HE had free train rides between Wilmington, DE and DC every working day, worth about $ 20,000/year, plus almost free healthcare and all of the other benefits a sitting Senator has.
HE has a big home in a nice upscale neighborhood in DE, with a second home on the property.
Now, I ask you, in the name of fairness, is it fair that Joe has two houses on his property? Shouldn;t he allow someone poor top live in the second house, now that his Mom has passed away and doesn’t need it anymore?
I mean, it’s only fair.
This dipwad has no business telling anyone about spreading the wealth.
Socialist libs are always stingy when it comes to their own wealth.
Hey Asshat Joe!....You can be fair all you want with your own damn money!!!
We’re about there already, but we’re trying to prevent 2112.
Just being fair? Tell me, Joe, what is the fairness in paying you $230,000 a year plus all travel and living expenses for a position which you describe as not having to do anything?
He’s really that stupid.
It's only fair.
Now THAT's funny. I just did my taxes, and that's the same amount that Mrs WBill and I gave away, too.
We didn't make anywhere near $260K, though. :-(
I'm sure that Joe gave away lots of other people's money, and that counts. right? /s
We just want the Mossad to stop a second term. We don't want President F'ing Biden.
He's not kidding. I have talked to people who really do believe that.
Every Thanksgiving I offer my detractors the opportunity to deliver meals to seniors. They have yet to show up.
I wonder if he can say the same thing next year when the those “evil Bush tax cuts” expire???
I got $20 per pay check because of the “stimulus” money. If 20 dollars makes or breaks me a paycheck. I got bigger problems to worry about.
“Worst. Vice. President. Ever.”
I am not sure about that one. Walter Mondale comes to mind. Al Gore is defiantely on my list of worst former Vice Presidents.
“Worst. Vice. President. Ever.”
if he ran against obama, i’d vote for him.
I’m sure Judy is at least a member of the Outer Party. She’ll get by somehow.
Anytime Plugs opens his pie-hole something stupid is bound to come out. It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. This is right up there with candidate Soetoro’s “spread the wealth around” comment. “Progressives” are always generous with other people’s money.
But, but, he rode the TRAIN!!! The TRAIN! With regular people!
Don’t forget Worst. Fake. Mormon. /. Marxist. Senate. Majority. Leader. Ever.
I call it Marxism. Marx called it Marxism.
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