Rich Guy Deeply Resents Helping Pay for Democracy

[nhboy (Premo)]

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"Hey here's a real dog bites man story for you: a really, really rich guy says to readers of billionaire Murdoch's Wall Street Journal that he "deeply resents" paying taxes and whines about how the government does things he doesn't like. This in response to Warren Buffet's call to ask billionaires to at least pay as much in taxes as their secretaries. Seriously, it wasn't in The Onion.

Let's set the stage. Thanks to the "trickle down" policies of Reagan and Bush all the income gains in recent decades have gone to the top few. One in seven Americans and 25% of our children now live in poverty. (43% of our children are "at risk.") The average family income for "the bottom" 90% of us is $31,244, while the average income of the top .01% is over $27 MILLION. Per year, each year. The average income of the richest 400 Americans was $227.4 million -- and those 400 hold more wealth than the "bottom" 50% of Americans combined. Etc., etc. (I don't have to write about how many are unemployed, do it?)

So with those statistics as background, former American Express CEO Harvey Golub wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today, responding to Warren Buffet’s call for the rich to start paying taxes again.

Mr. Golub writes,

I deeply resent that President Obama has decided that I don't need all the money I've not paid in taxes over the years, or that I should leave less for my children and grandchildren and give more to him to spend as he thinks fit.

... After all, I did earn it. "

[bcp (Premo)]

well, did he or did he not earn it?

my personal thought is to tax those not already paying and reduce everyone elses by an equal amount.

and I have a problem with an un-American taking my money and spending it to push MY country into socialism.

interesting how the percentage of new children living in poverty so closely follows the same percentage of new illegals in the country over the same period of time...

[nhboy (Premo)]

Originally Posted by bcp

well, did he or did he not earn it?

my personal thought is to tax those not already paying and reduce everyone elses by an equal amount.

and I have a problem with an un-American taking my money and spending it to push MY country into socialism.

interesting how the percentage of new children living in poverty so closely follows the same percentage of new illegals in the country over the same period of time...

Haven't you heard? Birthers like you have lost all credibility.

[SamSpade]

What tripe. The trickle down policies have not prevented someone from making more. If you're still poor after 30 years, it's your own damned fault.

[SamSpade]

Check it out - draw your own conclusions. I'm always suspicious of data when it looks cooked up to make someone look bad.

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/pover...pov09fig04.pdf

Poverty .... Air Conditioning , Cable TV, and Xbox


What does poverty look like in America?


I should be so POOR ..........

[jetmonkey]

But children.

[dontknowwhy]

Originally Posted by nhboy

Haven't you heard? Birthers like you have lost all credibility.

STICK TO DEFENDING THE TOPIC OF YOUR POST NAGGER!!!

[PrchJrkr]

Originally Posted by nhboy

Haven't you heard? Birthers like you have lost all credibility, because of the LSM and liberals like myself, that tell lies until it becomes the truth. Kind of like global warming.

:fixed:

[BOP]

Originally Posted by SamSpade

Check it out - draw your own conclusions. I'm always suspicious of data when it looks cooked up to make someone look bad.

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/pover...pov09fig04.pdf

nonothing won't look at it. He's a moral and intellectual coward.