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View Poll Results: This poll is to demonstate on disconnected from reality republicans are
100,000 Additional Jobs a month 0 0%
200,000 Additional Jobs a month 0 0%
400,000 Additional Jobs a month 3 16.67%
Yatch companies will hire 50 addtional factory workers in china 15 83.33%
Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-06-2011, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Why would anyone want to take more money from private citizens and give it to the government?
Such private citizens can always move to an island where no such government exists. I'm sure they have enough to find the perks without having to pay a penny for it.
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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They(the wealthy) always forget that it's us mere plebs who help make them their money. Without us they eat bark!
If you resent them so much don't support them. Their money is not yours.
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:43 PM
 
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Such private citizens can always move to an island where no such government exists. I'm sure they have enough to find the perks without having to pay a penny for it.
I guess there is no in between, or Constitution to define the limits of the federal gov eh einstein?
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:45 PM
 
Location: under a rock
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If you resent them so much don't support them. Their money is not yours.
No resentment, just how can someone think that they deserve the whole pie, when they didn't even bake it? But me, just the mere baker, continuously has to pay for their new developments and expenditures thru subsidies(and the wealthy get their fair share of welfare), so yes! some of their money is mine.
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:51 PM
 
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Such private citizens can always move to an island where no such government exists. I'm sure they have enough to find the perks without having to pay a penny for it.
They simply don't want to be taken advantage of.

Improvements needed to stop exodus of China's rich - GlobalTimes (http://business.globaltimes.cn/comment/2011-04/648570.html - broken link)
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:52 PM
 
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I guess there is no in between, or Constitution to define the limits of the federal gov eh einstein?
To collect taxes from such private citizens is in the constitution frank. You don't like it, there is no middle ground for such cases, only an option they should be free to exercise... move!

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They simply don't want to be taken advantage of.

Improvements needed to stop exodus of China's rich - GlobalTimes (http://business.globaltimes.cn/comment/2011-04/648570.html - broken link)
Did you think China as a tax haven, as its economy grew rapidly? Perhaps they're moving into Singapore, where they can't even own property, or perhaps Myanmar?
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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No resentment, just how can someone think that they deserve the whole pie, when they didn't even bake it? But me, just the mere baker, continuously has to pay for their new developments and expenditures thru subsidies(and the wealthy get their fair share of welfare), so yes! some of their money is mine.
If you think you are unfairly compensated for your labor start your own business. They don't get the whole pie, they pay for your labor. You don't pay anything for them. We have a progressive tax structure. The rich pay proportionately more.
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:56 PM
 
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To collect taxes from such private citizens is in the constitution frank. You don't like it, there is no middle ground for such cases, only an option they should be free to exercise... move!


Did you think China as a tax haven, as its economy grew rapidly? Perhaps they're moving into Singapore, where they can't even own property, or perhaps Myanmar?
Clearly China is taking advantage of the wealthy and they are voting with their feet. The soak the rich crowd in this country should pay attention.
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:57 PM
 
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To collect taxes from such private citizens is in the constitution frank. You don't like it, there is no middle ground for such cases, only an option they should be free to exercise... move!
Taxes are here to stay on some level,but the federal government has grown outside it's parameters and states are starting to resist.
Good to see, isn't it?
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Clearly China is taking advantage of the wealthy and they are voting with their feet. The soak the rich crowd in this country should pay attention.
Where are they going? Perhaps the private persons Frank would defend to no end would like to know their destination?

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Taxes are here to stay on some level,but the federal government has grown outside it's parameters and states are starting to resist. Good to see, isn't it?
And I'm not surprised. Resistance is good, if it speaks loyal dissent. I feel this is more than that.
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