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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:17 PM Original message |
How many would like to see the Wealthy TAXED to extinction? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. How about starting by prohibiting inheritance . |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
80. I've been working at my family's business for 45 years. Grandparents started it, my father then me. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #80 |
92. You should have been buying the business over the years. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #92 |
116. I should have been BUYING THE BUSINESS? With what fucking money? You've obviously never owned |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #116 |
128. How much is your parents' estate worth? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. Real Estate value is about twice what you posted, because we're in a resort area. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. I think the current rate is like 47% on every dollar above that. So... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. We have no significant cash flow. We pay the bills and get a roof over our head. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #142 |
168. I'm hard pressed to find an example of a family farm ruined by the estate tax. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:05 AM Response to Reply #168 |
171. As you point out, there are solutions here. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 04:14 AM Response to Reply #168 |
178. Family farm? Estate tax? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:02 AM Response to Reply #142 |
170. You need to talk to a business manager/tax consultant. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #80 |
158. Your parents should have life insurance... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
89. Or even bringing the estate tax back down to a reasonable level? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
164. What would be the incentive |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. My interest is not taking wealth. My interest is in a collective economy |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Same Tax Rate As We Had When Eisenhower Was President, And... |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Exactly, Thomas Jeffferson wrote about the balance brought by Progressive taxation. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not me. I'd like to simply see all citizens taxed fairly. |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I'm sure the Bush and Cheney families agree with you. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I think it has been longer than thirty years |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. And did the income gap divide grow more in the last thirty years, |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. It did. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. They actually pay less in taxes than a janitor, teacher, police officer, etc. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
94. Do you think that capital gains should be taxed at the same |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:43 AM Response to Reply #94 |
113. When did capital gains cease to be considered "income" for taxation purposes? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #113 |
163. Bush Tax Cuts, of course |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #94 |
183. Absolutely |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hey, I'm a hardworking poor gu with three teenagers |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
88. And the 'cheap labor' crowd goes.... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. not me |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That is why I proposed a "correction" to the problem. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
58. You proposed "extinction," which sounds permanent to me. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
71. Would you please define that "very important roll in society"? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 02:16 AM Response to Reply #71 |
110. Well, there's always that elusive |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. I doubt eliminating wealth would eliminate poverty. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I think it would. Think of it, what the wealthy have, the poor don't. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. IMO society advances on the shoulders of brilliant, creative scientists and engineers. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
72. The brilliant and creative of any profession do what they do because it is what they are compelled |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
81. I've been a software engineer for well over 20 years now... |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Well |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. OK, we've followed your plan. Now a group of only 535 people control 1/3 the wealth in America... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Are you going to respond? |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Your plan presuming that our elected representatives did NOT actually represent us? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. You just assume out of nowhere that people who run for Congress aren't corrupt. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. I am not in favor of torture |
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michaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. This sounds like whining! |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Hmm.... Kind of like, 'Tax me more because I'm wealthy is wrong' |
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michaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Grow up! Some people actually worked their butts off to get where they are now |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
95. Some people work their butts off and aren't wealthy |
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michaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:25 AM Response to Reply #95 |
112. Some do! But not all. That is how it is, there is always going to be... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Taxes should be enough to maintain the basic economic agreement between each individual and |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. What a ridiculous concept and a poor choice of words.... |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So super tax cuts for the rich is a very good thing in your book. |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. Did you even read my post, can you read? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
61. That's not what the poster said. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Quisling! They need to be taxed to the end of their undue political influence. nt |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. I find this acceptance of notions of "class" to be disturbing |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
67. That is because you have been completely brainwashed. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. that was my point |
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leftist_not_liberal (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #73 |
122. yes please |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
91. You're obviously a newbie. You don't come to DU |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:46 AM Response to Reply #39 |
114. It SHOULD be disturbing. The vast majority of Americans have been |
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leftist_not_liberal (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
121. There is no such thing as a "middle class" |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
152. Without the middle class, the wealthy will prosper even more. |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. My inner Social Darwin wants to retaliate against your class warfare. |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Thanks for reading the entire post. NOT! |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. get a clue |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. How many cast in a "cookie cutter" mold get wealthy? |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Whining Republicans got tax cuts for the wealthy. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
100. Some creative, hard-working people become wealthy. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #100 |
125. Your mention of Bill Gates |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:12 AM Response to Reply #125 |
172. One of the interesting things about early America is that |
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Snarkoleptic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'd rather see the table not so heavily titled in favor of the rich. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I think this strikes directly at the heart of the matter. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
147. This is the crux of the argument... |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. I just want them taxed to "Oh! So *this* is what it's like!!!!" NT |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hard days work for a good days pay ... |
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brazos121200 (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. In a capitalist society such as ours there will always be rich and |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. it doesn't have to be this way |
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brazos121200 (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Not possible as long as the corporations control |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. So basically become a communist nation? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
74. I think I'd be better off if I could, |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Honestly, as a liberal democrat, I'm gonna tell you to spend less time on your computer |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #82 |
104. Freeper! Neo-con stooge! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:40 AM Response to Reply #82 |
174. Yeah, education and hard work are really paying off in Tanzania and Iraq and New Orleans. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. Capitalism is really not anything more than the concept of private capital. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. I know that that's how it's supposed to work in theory |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #62 |
96. Walmart is more efficient than small stores |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #96 |
130. Pretty efficient when they're making suppliers use Chinese labor to the tune of 60 cents/hour. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #130 |
135. You are right, I mean, right on the money! |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #96 |
134. Wal-Mart in a sense is more efficient, but only because of practical slavery. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:36 AM Response to Reply #62 |
105. Actually, the best economic system incorporates elements |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. We should chuck it and replace it with what? n/t |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. kittens? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
102. Chuck it and replace it with what? How? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. but how did they get that money? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Warren Buffett invested well |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
78. I know |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:52 AM Response to Reply #78 |
106. Just cause it's my pet peve, Microsoft WON its antitrust case. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Just tax them like we did under Eisenhower. Adjust the Estate |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. not to extinction, actually... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. Balls. I'd bet EVERY CENT I HAVE that if you, yes YOU invented something that sold |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. And that is the Alger myth, isn't it? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. I know I wouldn't change my mind |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. The top 1% only controls 1/3 of the wealth. |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
87. Bill Gates invented something... ? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:41 AM Response to Reply #87 |
176. Bill Gates was a prep school businessman. /nt |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
131. If I won the lottery, I'd say... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
139. Most people would. I remember once writing out a check for $37,000 |
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galileo3000 (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
46. Not me. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. YES! |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. works for me! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. No. I'd like fair pay and benefits |
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brazos121200 (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. High tax rates for the rich never seems to work. There always |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. I'd be happy to see a return to the FIT policies and rates of 1976. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
59. I want them to pay their share and thats alot more |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
60. Uh, no |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
65. Extinction? No, but certainly there should be a hefty increase in taxes |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
66. Jealousy is an ugly face... |
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NI4NI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
68. not really, but off shore tax loopholes may need attention |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
69. Before or after we behead them? |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
70. I wouldn't, rather I'd like to see every person within our borders receive the same |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
77. I'm not a communist or a socialist |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. EXACTLY!!! |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
79. I'd much rather see them lined up against a brick wall and shot n/t |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. Ya, like the Jews during WWII, lets just exterminate, nt..... not really |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
84. Raised hand. |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
90. How about taking the upper cap off Social Security? They must |
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lancer78 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 02:11 AM Response to Reply #90 |
107. Yeah, but |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #107 |
151. I wonder if ultra wealthy people would be willing to waive their |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
93. Extinction? I'd rather we just tax them until we can provide health care and education. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
97. Nawh,,,Just enough to put them on the endangered species list. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
98. Have you forgotten who calls the shots? |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
99. I don't want to tax the rich to get even with them. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
101. Not at all. I think this is one of the more obtuse ideas I've seen |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
103. I don't know about extinction but how about taxed FAIRLY. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
108. Nope... |
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lancer78 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
109. I think that |
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GeneCosta (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
111. No one should be a billionaire |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #111 |
126. And others are employed because of Bill Gates |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
115. nope. just raise taxes on them so that they again pay their fair share. n/t |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
117. UPDATE: |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #117 |
138. With the system as it is, only the mega wealthy can wage class warfare |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
118. There's nothing wrong with being rich |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
119. But...but...but...we're all going to be rich someday! |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
120. how about having them pay their fair share? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
123. The problem with taxing the wealthy punitively is demonstrated by the AMT |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
124. Now that would be a dream come true. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
127. And communism worked REALLY well, didn't it? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
129. Not extinction. Tax them their fair share though. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
133. How about they just pay the same tax percentage as middle class folks? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
136. No thanks. I have wealthy friends who worked their asses off |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #136 |
141. Correcting a 'broken system' is the point. |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. The system isn't broken |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. How is stealing from someone fixing a broken system. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. For what it's worth... |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
140. I think |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
143. How about the wealthy just paying their fair share? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
146. A wealth tax as a recovery mechanism for all the benefits large businesses |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
149. i hope you're never rich...everyone should pay their fair share |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
150. The uber-wealthy, yes. It's simply not healthy for a democracy to |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
153. Wow. I have some questions for you: |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
154. ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
155. Not me-- I like capitalism and LIBERTY. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #155 |
166. Too much wealth in the hands of too few destroys liberty and freedom |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:42 AM Response to Reply #155 |
177. So you believe in keeping people penalized for having "bad fortune"? /nt |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #177 |
192. If I believed that, I would have said it. |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
156. Arrogant, Greedy, Sneaky People |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #156 |
160. For someone who isn't rich |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:17 AM Response to Reply #156 |
173. I guess the Kennedy's |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #156 |
188. Tax them until |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
157. what is your definition of "wealthy"? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
159. Have a single-bracket income tax. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
161. They should be taxed fairly. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
162. Not to extinction. That's bullshit. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #162 |
167. Agreed. Not to extinction... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
165. NO...one of the most ridiculous |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
169. Check, I'm for it. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
175. It's implausible in our system |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
179. No, I'd like to see the poor eliminated, not the rich. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #179 |
191. BEST REPLY nt. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
180. 110% over 750 k--150% over 1.5m |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #180 |
186. Y'know what? I'd stop working. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #186 |
187. i know i was sort of joking--it would be nice to balance the budget with help from the super rich |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
181. No. Just tax it enough to make it less hereditary. |
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DeeDeeNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
182. If the wealthy just paid their fair share, everyone would be better off |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
184. Where would you get the revenue make up? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
185. Good luck |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
189. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
190. Not to extinction or even bankrupcy, just to the level of their responsibility... |
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