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Rosa Luxemburg

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38. I guess it's not just the wages from the job

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 12:15 AM

Nov 2012

it's the investments, stocks and shares, dividends etc as well as the job salary?

Wealth should be taxed not just salary. There are people sitting on mountains of wealth which is being hoarded offshore.

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So, making $250,000 means you're poor? [View all] Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 OP

because they are greedy MF'ers graham4anything Nov 2012 #1

$250K a year is $4800 per week $19K a month Sedona Nov 2012 #2

$19,000 a month? Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #21

if 250,000 is just getting by Enrique Nov 2012 #3

i couldnt imagine maing that. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #4

If $250K isn't much money, we REALLY need to raise the minumum wage. nt Incitatus Nov 2012 #5

If the amount you spend equals what you make you are 'just getting by'... PoliticAverse Nov 2012 #6

I have a nephew that has a friend that makes 250K, and he says that R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #7

your nephew's friend probably tries to live a $400K lifestyle... BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #12

No kidding? When he told me this my jaw nearly hit the floor. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #18

a LOT of Americans, no matter how much or how little they make... BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #30

They are spending their earnings. salin Nov 2012 #36

Jesus--I'm fucking INDIGENT. MADem Nov 2012 #8

That's about where you have to draw the dividing line to keep the lawyers on your side. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #9

$250K is a median couple in Manhattan or Fairfax County Recursion Nov 2012 #10

Annual earnings of $250,000 is not poor, but some people that earn that are over-extended. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #11

In some cities, it's not THAT much money democrattotheend Nov 2012 #13

It also depends on where a person lives PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #14

Strangely many of the same people who claim $250,000 is not a lot of money... Bjorn Against Nov 2012 #15

Yep. They don't believe in raising minimum wage nt Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #25

Here we go again. Every couple months someone throws TBF Nov 2012 #16

Yikes... Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #26

I think it got to be a fight because folks like the Kochs TBF Nov 2012 #49

I'm with you JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #64

This chart is meaningless taught_me_patience Nov 2012 #40

Sure, if you're blind. TBF Nov 2012 #50

$250k puts a person in the top 10 percent. Your chart shows this group has the most wealth. Romulox Nov 2012 #52

Oh definitely - TBF Nov 2012 #59

Thanks you JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #53

With you - TBF Nov 2012 #60

The problem is that areas where you can make $250K are very expensive areas Fresh_Start Nov 2012 #17

Yes and no Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #28

How is even this caveat reasonable when there is no tears shed for TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #39

I posted this in the NJ JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #55

Perspective! rufus dog Nov 2012 #19

Depends on where you live: in SoCal, 250K is middle class suburban living, comfortable but not rich GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #20

In the end, as several others have already pointed out, SheilaT Nov 2012 #22

Keeping up with the Joneses Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #33

You've expressed it very well. SheilaT Nov 2012 #45

... FieryLocks Nov 2012 #23

It's all relative. The $400k Mittens made for speaking really wasn't that much money to him. MrSlayer Nov 2012 #24

It would be awfully tempting to ask them ... surrealAmerican Nov 2012 #27

I can tell you Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #34

Exactly !! The very same people who claim 250K ain't nothing will not raise it at all lunasun Nov 2012 #48

I'd imagine most of them think the minimum wage should be $0.00/hr. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #41

It means you frequently have cash flow problems Warpy Nov 2012 #29

But, but you have Internet and a microwave! nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #31

We can probably put a number on what it takes to have a comfortable living Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2012 #32

They're out of touch upi402 Nov 2012 #35

It's a great position to be in, but it is still work, Ilsa Nov 2012 #37

I guess it's not just the wages from the job Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #38

250k is not poor, but it is not "rich" in expensive cities. n/t taught_me_patience Nov 2012 #42

If that city is Monte Carlo, maybe... Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #63

Well to be honest that depends LynneSin Nov 2012 #43

All relative. To folks in Kenya and Tanzania, $24,000 a year makes YOU wealthy. There is also the stevenleser Nov 2012 #44

because they're idiots. it puts them in the top 2% of income. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #46

Timeout, that's $250K AGI wages TexasBushwhacker Nov 2012 #47

It's rich. Cobalt Violet Nov 2012 #51

I'll never feel sorry for anyone making $250,000 a year. Tax the hell out of 'em... Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #54

Evidence of poor messaging by Obama... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Nov 2012 #56

Tax Capital Gains the same as wages DemocraTim Nov 2012 #57

Our household income is a little over that threshold Still Sensible Nov 2012 #58

People regularly make over 250k a year should be millionaires standingtall Nov 2012 #61

Under Obama's plan, a family making $250K would see no tax increase at all. subterranean Nov 2012 #62