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Bill Pelland · Joined: 25 Feb 2008 07:34 am Posts: 425

Smith and Marvin -

One reason they pay more is because they make more. The disparity between the middle class and the wealth has grown so you have the upper income making more money. You'd have to dig into this one and unfortunately, I've been busy and do not have time right now to research it.

Besides, it isn't about sticking the rich; its about tax cuts passed under Bush but not taking effect until 2009 that are going to be stopped.

Obama for President
Noriega for US Senate

Bill Pelland
Murchison, TX

ps Marvin - was a great article and I think the man walks on oil (LOL)

Smith Wimberley · Joined: 26 Feb 2008 12:12 pm Posts: 90

Bill,

You state that "The disparity between the middle class and the wealth has grown so you have the upper income making more money." Based on your response the only solution would be for everyone to earn the same amount of money and for everyone to pay the same amount in taxes, no matter what job they do. What kind of weird economy would that be? Sorry, but this is America, where hard work, ingenuity, intellect and perseverance are rewarded not only monetarily but also with the satisfaction of knowing that one is contributing to society by providing jobs for other americans and providing a product or service which many more need or, oh my gosh, want. (Glad I was not speaking that sentence. I would have needed a period in there somewhere.)

A key point in the previous paragraph is providing jobs for other Americans. It makes no sense to impose confiscatory taxes on the guy driving the Mercedes who it turns out owns a successful electrical supply business that he built from the ground up with the sweat of his own brow and now employs maybe fifty people. Who do you think is going to suffer the consequences of those higher taxes he has to pay? Yep, now he is down to only being able to employ thirty-five people.

Fifteen people just lost their jobs because the mentality is that the guy driving the Mercedes must have done something rotten and tread all over less fortunate people to get it. Sure, there are people out there who have done just that. But it is a minuscule number compared to the number of honest hard working and well intentioned small business owners and entreprenuers who provide a majority of the jobs in this country. This Ford pick-up driving guy is more than happy for them all to be making mountains of money, living in big houses, and driving expensive cars while providing millions of great jobs to the citizens of this country.

Now I am off to wash my pick-up truck.

Smith Wimberley
Hideaway, TX

Marvin Crain · Joined: 15 Jun 2008 04:57 pm Posts: 241

Bill P.,

Of course they pay more because they make more; that was the whole purpose of what we had written. People are always saying that the wealthy (whatever that is) need to pay more and we were demonstrating that they do! You Dems. are always trying to use the class warfare card like "Stud Muffin" John Edwards talking about "Two Americas." We all pay too much in taxes. If you do not believe what Smith and I wrote feel free to check it out for yourself; the information is available in a lot of locations. Do I have to do everything for you? (Hee...Hee...Hee)

As far as the article, you have to admit it was funny even if you do not agree with it.

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