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Old 03-28-2021, 10:01 PM
 
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Originally Posted by CCbaxter View Post
When they buy milk they create farming jobs, trucking jobs, grocery jobs, etc.

That's how a healthy free market creates wealth, not by rich guys trading stocks.
How does that work exactly? The poor guys suddenly are flush with money robbed from other people and given to them by the Democrats?

Actually, trading stocks is the most efficient way to allocate funds.

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Old 03-28-2021, 10:10 PM
 
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There goes my business up in flames!


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In case you haven't heard this country is 28 trillion in debt. Do you think (like the rest of the "fiscally conservative" GOP) that the credit card is unlimited?
 
Old 03-28-2021, 10:13 PM
 
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Democrats: tax and spend

Republicans: borrow and spend

OP, which option is more fiscally conservative?
Borrow and spend because the very fundamental, but unwritten, rule of capitalism is,
you always borrow with the intention to never give it back.

U.S borrows money and no one can either refuse to lend, or dare to demand the return. Might is right.
This is how the world runs.
 
Old 03-28-2021, 10:21 PM
 
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Biden and the Democrats have NO clue who already pays what in federal income tax... Just posted this in another thread...

Want to see what's really going on regarding who pays taxes? Read this CRS chart (Figure 2 for those who don't know what they're supposed to be looking at):

Take a look at each income group's effective federal income tax rate (the light blue bars). Some groups have effective federal income tax rates as low as -15% and -14%. Yes, that's negative. Meanwhile, those whose income is $1 million or more are paying an effective federal income tax rate of over 25%. That's a swing of more than 40 percentage-points. How on earth is that "favorable" to the wealthy by any stretch of the imagination? It's not. Period.

Honestly... it's easy to see why SO many Democrat voters are poor. Democrats tend to simply have NO financial or economic sense whatsoever.
Why is my household effective tax rate higher than that of a 1-2 billion a year hedge fund manager? I'll wait.
 
Old 03-28-2021, 10:24 PM
 
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Why is my household effective tax rate higher than that of a 1-2 billion a year hedge fund manager? I'll wait.
Could you please show us the comparison because that is not possible.
 
Old 03-28-2021, 10:42 PM
 
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Could you please show us the comparison because that is not possible.
Yes, it is. Carried interest loophole.
 
Old 03-29-2021, 12:38 AM
 
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The classic example is apple. I have a fair amount of stock purchased 20 years ago. Have followed their growth and can say they benefited greatly.
You didn't show how that makes one's income go from $1 million to $1 billion, which was the claim.
 
Old 03-29-2021, 12:41 AM
 
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Why is my household effective tax rate higher than that of a 1-2 billion a year hedge fund manager? I'll wait.
It's not.
 
Old 03-29-2021, 03:53 AM
 
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In case you haven't heard this country is 28 trillion in debt. Do you think (like the rest of the "fiscally conservative" GOP) that the credit card is unlimited?
And do you really believe that giving Washington more of our tax dollars that they will wisely use it to pay off some of the debt...”Right”
 
Old 03-29-2021, 05:05 AM
 
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The economy in general did very well from the 1940s through the 1960s, with only a few minor hiccups.

The past 40 years of trickle down has been a failure. It's time to try bottom up.

Until the pandemic we had the best economy in history. Companies will invest and create jobs in countries with lower taxes.
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