Democrats -- Give "Hating The Rich" A Rest. (unemployment, Hugo Chavez)

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by ambient

I don't hate the rich; I just think they should bear the same tax burden proportionally to their personal income as the rest of us in the middle / upper-middle class do.

I'd be more than happy to pay the 5.56% effective federal income tax rate that the middle class pays. Sign me up!

[ABQConvict]

I hate the rich, but only on a personal and individual basis, not political nor as a group. Same as poor people.

I leave hating entire groups of people up to the nuts on either side of the political spectrum.

[Frugality]

The Democratic party serves the rich, so the thread is flawed. I believe there is some anti-wealthy rhetoric, but to say the Democratic party hates the rich is really silly and naive.

[Frugality]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

I'd be more than happy to pay the 5.56% effective federal income tax rate that the middle class pays. Sign me up!

I"m middle class and my rate is around 20%. I tried to get more deductions, but I only claim myself. Where is this accountant that can do wonders?

[Greg_IA]

Originally Posted by Yooperkat

Democrats -- Do you know how stupid you look for Hating the wealthy?

Why is Barack Obama trying to pit you against people who have more money than you do?

Obama himself has more money than most Democrats.



Or is it only OK to be rich if you're a Democrat?

Hate is hate.

So hating someone because they are wealthy is just as bad as hating someone because of the color of their skin.



If Democrats own up to this, then we won't have to see anymore hate threads/posts directed at people who earn over a certain amount of income.

That takes care of that. Right?

It doesn't seem to bother them when a Hollywood actor makes multi-millions.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by ambient

What I'm talking about is tax rate as a percentage of your income. My effective tax rate is a good 2x of mega-rich guys like Romney.

No it is not.

[Frugality]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

No it is not.

How do you know??? Mind reader??

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Frugality

I"m middle class and my rate is around 20%. I tried to get more deductions, but I only claim myself. Where is this accountant that can do wonders?

IRS's actual data. The top 25-50% of income earners, the middle class, had an effective federal income tax rate of 5.56% Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data | Tax Foundation

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Frugality

I"m middle class and my rate is around 20%. I tried to get more deductions, but I only claim myself. Where is this accountant that can do wonders?

IRS's actual data. The top 25-50% of income earners, the middle class, had an effective federal income tax rate of 5.56% Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data | Tax Foundation

[LeftyTrav]

Originally Posted by sickofnyc

If you had intellectual curiosity, you would have researched the issue...

Why the American People Are Angry

What is driving the Occupy Wall Street movement? Why are the American People becoming so Angry? These videos quickly summarize the problems that are igniting the discontent:

Understanding Occupy Wall Street -or- Why the American People Are Angry

Well I'll tell ya...

I just passed a bunch of those "99%" protesters here one Highway 1 in Half Moon Bay, as I do most every weekend. For the most part, they are the same people that show up every weekend. From the looks of them, they are pretty damned worthless, lazy, and apparently pizz'd off that because they failed to apply themselves at some point in their lives, they feel compelled to whine about the fact that they're sitting on their dead @zz on a street corner, when they could have been enjoying life. A perfect use for the majority of them would be for themselves to stick the business end of that sign they're carrying, up their @zz, and rent themselves out as a human popsicle.

Otherwise, pizz on 'em.