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Old 10-12-2011, 12:41 AM
 
Location: Louisiana
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How much should a minimum wage burger flipper pay in taxes?
Just enough so he has an interest in seeing the
gubmint not flush his earnings down the crapper.
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Old 10-12-2011, 12:51 AM
 
Location: NC
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Another thing I think is hilarious is the number of people who posted in that acting like nobody ever gave them anything, while admitting they went to public schools, received student loans (gov't subsidized), attended state subsidized universities etc. Heck a fair amount of them admit that they work/worked/want to work for the government.

Now I am all for people working hard and being successful, but that website is just a pathetic way for people to brag and disavow the programs that they used to get where they claim they are.
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Old 10-12-2011, 12:56 AM
 
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The 1% pay 40% of all income taxes.
47% pay no income taxes and whine about it.

How much of the disposable income do the 1% have?
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Old 10-12-2011, 01:02 AM
 
Location: South Dakota
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High school dropout here that made my $$$ honestly through HARD WORK in a steel forge shop....

I could see this coming 20 years ago and invested accordingly...

Id be rehired If I wanted to work before one of these winey punks would...

Do these people really think they would be appealing to a businessman looking for an employee???
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Old 10-12-2011, 04:14 AM
 
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This is awesome!!!!!

We are a couple living in an expensive state (NEW JERSEY) and after taxes bring home less than $40k COMBINED. We took a major paycut from previous jobs, but we have changed our standard of living!! We got rid of all of our excessive wants and focused heavily on our needs first!! We still pay rent, our 1 car payment, our 1 credit card, our health insurance, and STILL find some money to be saved each paycheck! We could have played the victim card, but we don't. We had no problems getting rid of some of our useless wants in order to live within our means.

We are responsible people.
Why aren't you?!

I need to submit something. This.. this is such an incredible blog.
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Old 10-12-2011, 05:32 AM
 
Location: Hoboken
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How much of the disposable income do the 1% have?
Each according to his abilities, each according to his needs!
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Old 10-12-2011, 05:44 AM
 
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How much should a minimum wage burger flipper pay in taxes?
What's wrong with everyone paying the same PERCENTAGE in taxes? I mean.. come on now!
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Old 10-12-2011, 05:53 AM
 
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This is awesome!!!!!

We are a couple living in an expensive state (NEW JERSEY) and after taxes bring home less than $40k COMBINED. We took a major paycut from previous jobs, but we have changed our standard of living!! We got rid of all of our excessive wants and focused heavily on our needs first!! We still pay rent, our 1 car payment, our 1 credit card, our health insurance, and STILL find some money to be saved each paycheck! We could have played the victim card, but we don't. We had no problems getting rid of some of our useless wants in order to live within our means.

We are responsible people.
Why aren't you?!

I need to submit something. This.. this is such an incredible blog.

Try living on minimum wage and see how that works out for you.
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Old 10-12-2011, 05:55 AM
 
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What's wrong with everyone paying the same PERCENTAGE in taxes? I mean.. come on now!

So you're saying people living on a poverty level income should pay the same percentage was millionaires?

You expect burger flippers to pay their own health insurance etc and you want to tax them. How they gonna do both on minimum wage?
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Old 10-12-2011, 05:57 AM
 
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Each according to his abilities, each according to his needs!

Jesus said "To whom much is given, much shall be required."

What do you think?
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