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Old 04-17-2014, 10:13 AM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Well, personally I feel proud paying the salary of the veterans who fight and die for our freedoms. I feel proud knowing my taxes are going to pay for their medical care they received after protecting me from those who would do me harm. Thank me next time you wake up in a free america with people standing guard with guns you did nothing to contribute to instead of whine about welfare on the internet. You generate wealth while a soldier dies in the dirt for you who you do nothing for unless you feel like it.

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Old 04-17-2014, 10:17 AM
 
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We dont live in a society where there is finite income
Yeah, ok, you really just need to learn how money works.
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Old 04-17-2014, 10:22 AM
 
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Yeah, ok, you really just need to learn how money works.
Oh....pray tell....
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Old 04-17-2014, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA.
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I claim no rights to this picture.

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Old 04-17-2014, 11:08 AM
 
Location: New Orleans, La. USA
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Doncha know, a lot of people believe that those who work for minimum wage should not even THINK about entertainment or dating. Some of them are even the same people who lament the decline of marriage.
Don't you know many middle class American's have 30%+ federal tax rates.

But millionaire/billionaire CEO's have 11%-17% federal tax rates.

Mitt Romney Made $42 Million, Paid Less Than 14 Percent in taxes - ABC News

Warren Buffett's Effective Federal Income Tax Rate Was Just 11% - Forbes


But republicans are not satisfied with the above tax rates, they still want this,

Romney's Economic Plan Includes $6.6 Trillion Tax Cut For The Rich And Corporations | ThinkProgress

(And all of the above money would have been added to our deficits/national debt, and it would have financed the building of more US factories in Asia.)


The CEO's who control Fox news and Rush radio have you attacking the full time American workers who stock our grocery shelves, clean our public bathrooms, and prepare our fast food that we love so much.

I look forward to your response, when you repeat the Fox news lies, and come out fighting to keep the CEO's tax rates lower than middle class Americans.

Chad.
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Old 04-17-2014, 11:12 AM
 
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Don't you know many middle class American's have 30%+ federal tax rates.

But millionaire/billionaire CEO's have 11%-17% federal tax rates.

Mitt Romney Made $42 Million, Paid Less Than 14 Percent in taxes - ABC News

Warren Buffett's Effective Federal Income Tax Rate Was Just 11% - Forbes


But republicans are not satisfied with the above tax rates, they still want this,

Romney's Economic Plan Includes $6.6 Trillion Tax Cut For The Rich And Corporations | ThinkProgress

(And all of the above money would have been added to our deficits/national debt, and it would have financed the building of more US factories in Asia.)


The CEO's who control Fox news and Rush radio have you attacking the full time American workers who stock our grocery shelves, clean our public bathrooms, and prepare our fast food that we love so much.

I look forward to your response, when you repeat the Fox news lies, and come out fighting to keep the CEO's tax rates lower than middle class Americans.

Chad.
There are different kinds of income.

BTW....how much income tax did the Obamas pay in 2013???....Their tax papers have just been released.
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Old 04-17-2014, 11:14 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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left-leaning individuals on this board have been clear that taxes on wealth need to be established
Hmmm... 10% tax per year on wealth, and in a few decades, you've stripped main street America of some of their most basic wealth assets... their homes and retirement accounts.

Are you sure that's what you want to do? Force everyone to eventually relinquish all individually held wealth to the government?
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Old 04-17-2014, 11:36 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Don't you know many middle class American's have 30%+ federal tax rates.

But millionaire/billionaire CEO's have 11%-17% federal tax rates.

Mitt Romney Made $42 Million, Paid Less Than 14 Percent in taxes - ABC News

...
Not. Even. Close.

The middle class (top 25-50%) pays an average effective federal income tax rate of 7.0%, according to the IRS. Table 1, here:
Summary of Latest IRS Federal Income Tax Data

Romney's effective federal income tax rate was a little over 14%, TWICE the effective rate the middle class pays.

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"Mitt Romney made $13.7 million last year and paid $1.94 million in federal income taxes, giving him an effective tax rate of 14.1%, his campaign said Friday."
Romney paid 14% effective tax rate in 2011 - Sep. 21, 2012

Tell me, Chad... why do you so consistently believe the left-wing's manipulations and lies?
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Old 04-17-2014, 11:55 AM
 
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Hmmm... 10% tax per year on wealth, and in a few decades, you've stripped main street America of some of their most basic wealth assets... their homes and retirement accounts.

Are you sure that's what you want to do? Force everyone to eventually relinquish all individually held wealth to the government?
The majority of Americans have already relinquished all their wealth to corporations. At least the government lets them vote!
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Old 04-17-2014, 11:56 AM
 
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The majority of Americans have already relinquished all their wealth to corporations. At least the government lets them vote!
Oh, good grief......how whinny can you be???
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