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Old 04-28-2011, 01:59 PM
 
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I see a lot of wealthy people with some things they clearly spent money purchasing. How do they avoid a sales tax?
Ask Senators John Kerry or Claire McCaskill.
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:01 PM
 
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Ask Senators John Kerry or Claire McCaskill.
Oh yeah, they want the other rich to pay more.
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:04 PM
 
Location: Hinckley Ohio
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concentrating wealth in the hands of a small minority is not a principle of socialism, never has been. not sure where you got you info, but that is the opposite of socialism.
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the same has happened under the quasi-socialistic Canada

the richest .5% (1/2 a percent) of canadians saw their wealth quintupled in the last 20 years.....meanwhile in the USA it only tripled in those 20 years

socialism and liberals will kill the middleclass
you are directing the blame away from the people that are responsible, the uber wealthy...
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:07 PM
 
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concentrating wealth in the hands of a small minority is not a principle of socialism, never has been. not sure where you got you info, but that is the opposite of socialism.you are directing the blame away from the people that are responsible, the uber wealthy...
The FED. Figure it out already and stop swallowing the class warfare Kool-Aid.
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:08 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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concentrating wealth in the hands of a small minority is not a principle of socialism, never has been. not sure where you got you info, but that is the opposite of socialism.you are directing the blame away from the people that are responsible, the uber wealthy...
The blame lies with the government. These uber wealthy are not breaking any laws..if anything they are following the laws.

The government creates the tax laws don't they ?
The government creates these loopholes don't they ?

Who votes these people into the government to make these laws ?

You've got no one to blame but yourself.
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:08 PM
 
Location: Hinckley Ohio
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if this country imposed a sales tax on goods, you don't think the uber wealthy wouldn't make their purchases in duty free countries and thru black markets or thru manipulated paperwork? the wealthy always have their ways to avoid taxes, "only the little people pay taxes, WE don't pay taxes " Leona Helmsley
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I see a lot of wealthy people with some things they clearly spent money purchasing. How do they avoid a sales tax?
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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We've been Robbed (http://www.newdeal20.org/2011/04/25/we%E2%80%99re-not-broke-we%E2%80%99ve-been-robbed-42676/ - broken link)

While the income of the richest 400 Americans quadrupled — they now have more wealth than the 155 million Americans on the other end — their effective tax rates were cut almost in half.
Yes but Americans would rather worry about who is getting Food Stamps.
Why worry about the top 1% having half the wealth when you can blame your misfortune on Police, Firemen and Teachers

Pitchforks and Broomsticks anyone?


YouTube - A Christmas Carol -- Ignorance & Want
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Hinckley Ohio
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"only the little people pay taxes, WE don't pay taxes " Leona Helmsley
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The blame lies with the government. These uber wealthy are not breaking any laws..if anything they are following the laws.

The government creates the tax laws don't they ?
The government creates these loopholes don't they ?

Who votes these people into the government to make these laws ?

You've got no one to blame but yourself.
yes, i guess when the wealthy make the laws, they know how to work around them.... need a reality check there Tex.
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:10 PM
 
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We've been Robbed (http://www.newdeal20.org/2011/04/25/we%E2%80%99re-not-broke-we%E2%80%99ve-been-robbed-42676/ - broken link)

While the income of the richest 400 Americans quadrupled — they now have more wealth than the 155 million Americans on the other end — their effective tax rates were cut almost in half.
The top one percent pay 38% of all the payroll taxes, and I bet they also are 90% of the private sector bosses who pay everyone's paychecks.

Keep attacking the productive among us and see how long there will be anything to tax, they will shut their businesses down and go home.
Why take all the stress of employees, lawsuits, taxes, and bad business laws when you can go home and retire?
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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"only the little people pay taxes, WE don't pay taxes " Leona Helmsley
So you take some quote as fact ?

You don't like what's going on..complain to the IRS.
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