We seriously need to increase taxes on the wealthy (party, carry, states)

[HappyTexan]

Look, 4 years and the rich still haven't been taxed. It's been TALK for 4 years.

[TrapperJohn]

Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy

Nice try. Everyone knows it is Republicans who thrive in corruption.

You are one jaded partisan. I could list a dozens of instances from both parties in five minutes. Think deeper.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy

Nice try. Everyone knows it is Republicans who thrive in corruption.

Uh, who was the last governor to go to jail?

How about your own state?

• New York State Senator Carl Kruger (D) resigned his seat and pled guilty to charges of corruption and bribery. (2011) [18]
• New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate (D-NY) of the 13th District, was expelled by the New York State Senate on February 9, 2010 in connection with a misdemeanor assault conviction against his girlfriend.[19][20][21]
• New York State Senator Efrain Gonzalez (D-NY) On May 25, 2010, Gonzalez was sentenced to 84 months (7 years) in prison, followed by two years supervised release, after pleading guilty to two conspiracy counts and two wire fraud counts in May 2009.[22][23]
• New York President of the New York City council Andrew Stein (D) was convicted of tax evasion regarding a Ponzi scheme in November 2010.[24]
• New York Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Pedro Espada Jr. (D) On May 14, 2012 a federal jury found Espada guilty of embezzling money from federally funded healthcare clinics, after 11 days of deliberation.[25]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...cted_of_crimes

Gee and ALL are dems. Whoda thunk?

People in glass houses, shouldn't throw rocks.

[Crossfire600]

Originally Posted by nep321

True, but so did income inequality.

If you want income equality move to socialist Europe. I have a better idea though. Get off your a$$ and do something that puts you in the top 1% and quit complaining about what others have and you dont. The more you people pi$$ and whine the less taxes I want to pay.

[buzzards27]

Originally Posted by Crossfire600

If you want income equality move to socialist Europe. I have a better idea though. Get off your a$$ and do something that puts you in the top 1% and quit complaining about what others have and you dont. The more you people pi$$ and whine the less taxes I want to pay.

If EVERYONE ends up in the top 1% doesn't that dilute the importance of being in the top 1%? Isn't that just the 100% then? There is a reason only 1% end up there, they need the backs of the other 99% to stay there.

[buzzards27]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

Uh, who was the last governor to go to jail?

How about your own state?

• New York State Senator Carl Kruger (D) resigned his seat and pled guilty to charges of corruption and bribery. (2011) [18]
• New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate (D-NY) of the 13th District, was expelled by the New York State Senate on February 9, 2010 in connection with a misdemeanor assault conviction against his girlfriend.[19][20][21]
• New York State Senator Efrain Gonzalez (D-NY) On May 25, 2010, Gonzalez was sentenced to 84 months (7 years) in prison, followed by two years supervised release, after pleading guilty to two conspiracy counts and two wire fraud counts in May 2009.[22][23]
• New York President of the New York City council Andrew Stein (D) was convicted of tax evasion regarding a Ponzi scheme in November 2010.[24]
• New York Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Pedro Espada Jr. (D) On May 14, 2012 a federal jury found Espada guilty of embezzling money from federally funded healthcare clinics, after 11 days of deliberation.[25]

List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gee and ALL are dems. Whoda thunk?

People in glass houses, shouldn't throw rocks.

Pretty lame, you edited out all the R's, how silly.

California State Senator Roy Ashburn (R) of Bakersfield was arrested on two counts of DUI. He was sentenced to two days in jail and three years probation. (2010) [3][4]

Pennsylvania State Representative JohnM.Perzel (R) and speaker of the House ofRepresentatives pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges, including two counts of conflict of interest, two counts of theft,andfourcounts ofconspiracy,concerning a scheme to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on computer technology from Aristotle, Inc. for the benefit of GOP political campaigns. (2011)

1. Thomas Anderson (R) State Representative for District 19. Found guilty of seven felony counts of extortion, bribery, conspiracy, and moneylaundering.Sentenced onOctober15, 2007 to a term of 60 months inprison. [40]

2. Pete Kott (R) State Representative for District 17. Found guilty on three charges of bribery and sentenced to six years in prison and fined $10,000. (2007) [41]

3. Vic Kohring (R) State Representative convicted on November 1, 2007, of 3 counts of bribery by the Veco Corporation. In May 2008, he was sentenced to three anda halfyearsinprison. [42]

4. Jim Clark (R) Chief of Staff to Governor Frank Murkowski (R). On March 4, 2008, Clark pleaded guilty to one felony conspiracy charge involving the Alaska political corruption probe.# [43]

5. Bruce Weyhrauch (R) State Representative of Juneau was sentenced to five years. [44]

6. John Cowdery (R) State Senator of O district. Pled guilty to lesser charges on 3/10/09. [23] Sentenced to six months house arrest and a $25,000 fine. 7. Beverly Masek (R) State Representative of Willow, was sentenced to 6 months onSeptember 23,2009.

Connecticut Governor JohnG. Rowland (R) Rowland resigned from office during a corruption investigation,andlaterpleaded guilty to one-count of deprevation of honestservices. (2004) [45] He served ten months ina federalprisonfollowedbyfour months house arrest, ending in June 2006. [46]

Connecticut Chief of Staff Peter N. Ellef (R) to JohnG. Rowland (R) pled guilty to tax fraud and bribery and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. (2006)

Rhode Island State Representative Daniel P. Gordon (R) of Porstmouth when arrested for drunk driving told police it was due to PTSD from being woundinthe gulfwar.A checkreveiled he was never in combat, but did reveal an extensive arrest record in Massachusetts for assault and attemptedmurder. (2011) [29]

South Carolina Lt. Governor Ken Ard (R) resigned his position and pled guilty to 7 counts of mis-use of campaign funds. He was sentenced to 5 years probation, fined $5K and given 300 hours community service. (2011) [30][31]

West Virginia State Representative Lisa D. Smith (R) pled guilty to one count of mail fraud and one countoffailure topay employee taxes. She was sentenced to two years in prison, three years of probation and fined $1,000,000



Pennsylvania State Senator Jane Orie (R) was convicted in March 2012, of 14 counts of forgery, conflict of interest and theft of services, which included 5 felonies



New Hampshire State Representative Gary Wheaton (R) resigned from the legislature afterbeingarrested forspeeding and driving on a suspended license, his second traffic arrest

Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White (R) was convicted of 6 of 7 felony charges including perjury,theft and voter fraud. [5][6]

Maine State Representative David R. Burns (R) Burns resigned his seat and pled guilty to misdemeanor forgery and theft charges and was sentenced to 6 months.(2012) [7][8]

Maryland campaign manager Paul E. Schurick (R) who was working to re-elect Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) was convicted of 4 felony charges concerning a scheme to suppress the black vote usingmisleading campaignmailers and112,000 fraudulent robocalls and (2010) [9][10] Political consultant Julius Hensen was also convicted on one count.

[TrapperJohn]

Originally Posted by buzzards27

If EVERYONE ends up in the top 1% doesn't that dilute the importance of being in the top 1%? Isn't that just the 100% then? There is a reason only 1% end up there, they need the backs of the other 99% to stay there.

Statistically there will always be a top 1% and a bottom 1%. The standard deviation might change, and the normal distribution, but there will still be a 1%.

[gysmo]

Originally Posted by nep321

Would you like to see a prosperous America, just like the one we had in the 50's and 60's? I sure would. But after doing plenty of research, I have to say the Republican ideology is simply NOT going to achieve this. Ever.

The policies of FDR and his New Deal was what made the U.S. the envy of the world. His policies actually led to a true widespread middle class society, with some poor and rich households here and there. How did he achieve this? He sharply increased taxes on the wealthy. In fact, at one time, the highest tax rate was 91% for the wealthiest earners. Trickle down economics don't work as well as Republicans want you to believe.

I think Obama needs to be more aggressive at taxing the rich, otherwise we are doomed as a nation. I just don't see how we are going to have the tax revenue to pay off the debt and move forward with other projects. Something's gotta give. I mean, even with a 91% tax rate, someone who earns $1 billion a year, such as Warren Buffet, would be left with a whopping $90 million AFTER taxes. Who seriously needs or wants more than that to live happily?

If a Republican is elected, god help us. We can't afford to have anymore tax breaks for the wealthy.

why should the government set limit how how wealthy one can become that is ridiculous.we have plenty of lazy people who don't get a job because the government gives them more money then they would get if they work. and you want the rich to pay for that? why don't just we get rid of wealthy people and have the government take over all of the businesses. because they know how to run a business better, you know like the post office, welfare where half of the people on welfare is cheating the system. they don't care because all they have to do is confiscate more wealth from the rich. hey they are the government they cant go out of business. so they spend money and spend money.the democrats should work on caring about how they spend the money they confiscate from the wealthy!

[hotair2]

I don't agree with all of krugman's theories, but I don't believe any of the Austrian economic theories. The OP is reading the right things.

[Oldhag1]

Originally Posted by rogerbacon

I prefer the term "income diversity". Liberals are always telling us to celebrate diversity in everything else. Why not in income?

Awesome!