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Anger at the rich is a normal bi-product of a growing divide in incomes, and the inability to provide realistic opportunities for persons to excel. Te reality is that if you are a human being and you see a rich person, but know its open to you - you will want to be like the rich. If there is no path, then you will despite, hate, and eventually seek to destroy. source: History
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Originally Posted by clb10
The rich generate a lot of anger in America. Most feel that they skirt by without paying the price to be an American.
Do you feel that they need to pay a lot more in taxes to fix our economy?
I like the Obama pic. I absolutely hate it when people consider themselves above others. I remember an invitation I could not refuse and when the maid served me dinner, I felt so embarrassed and bad.
Anyway, on topic, I feel none of the options, just pity as rich people are unwise and immature people in my view.
Anger at the rich is a normal bi-product of a growing divide in incomes, and the inability to provide realistic opportunities for persons to excel. Te reality is that if you are a human being and you see a rich person, but know its open to you - you will want to be like the rich. If there is no path, then you will despite, hate, and eventually seek to destroy. source: History
Though I agree (yes, history is a great source), we are a long, long way from such a breaking point.
And then there's the top 1 % of income earners. THose are the ones that Obama wants to increase marginal federal income taxes on by a few per cent.
Income earners and % of total U.S. income they take in:
Top 1% = $368,238 (20.9% of income)
Top 0.5% = $558,726 (16.8% of income)
Top 0.1% = $1,695,136 (10.3% of income)
Top 0.01% = $9,141,190 (5% of income)
You cannot judge everyone based on your experiences. Some family's prepare for children and college, and some do not. Do we penalize everyone who has done what they could to insure success for themselves and their heirs? If I am self-made, and I make my children wealthy, why is that wrong? Isn't it my wealthy to do with what I choose. I am sick of hearing people whine because of the poor choices they or their family made. Trying to make everyone financially equal will destroy this country like it has every other country that has tried it.
It isn't wrong. And the rich are not being penalized. If I, as someone who could be classified as poor but self identify as middle class, can understand/appreciate the element of luck in life AND apply that understanding to giving others a hand up, I sincerely do not understand why those with much more resources than I fail to do so.
It isn't about making people financially equal. It is about giving everyone equal opportunity.
SO WHAT? You were the one bemoaning individuals who inherit wealth, claiming they don't pay their fair share, implying that everyone who is rich inherited it. There are many, many VERY wealthy people who did NOT inherit their wealth, who came from working class backgrounds and who made it big because of their own hard work and talent. But you think, "Wah, wah, no fair, every rich person should help those less fortunate by giving more of their hard earned money to .gov to redistribute" (which we know .gov does so efficiently and fairly)
Class warfare at its ugliest. Maybe I'll just call you Julia.
Who's Julia?
I don't think "wah, wah, wah". I think, "How can I help even things out for others who have not had the same upbringing/luck/opportunities as I have?" Terrible, I know.
Please stop the nonsense, you're smarter than that. The top one percent, by definition is 1% of all households with the highest wealth.
I never mentioned income.
Hmmm...
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Originally Posted by buzzards27
Don't be stupid. The top 1% to most THINKING PERSONS means the top 1% of the tax unit (households)
Tax units are grouped by income.
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