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AndyA

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16. Let "you people"--the poor--eat cake

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 11:56 AM

Feb 2013

We've got ours, now tough crap for the rest of you.

Big surprise that the wealthy don't care about anyone but themselves. The fact that the "poor people" pay a higher percentage of income taxes is lost on them.

They make more money, they aren't hurting in this economy, so they SHOULD pay a lot of taxes.

Greed, plain and simple.

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Wealthy disagree with most Americans about income policies [View all] HiPointDem Feb 2013 OP

French Revolution anyone? sadbear Feb 2013 #1

The 1% have enough cake, thank you very much! Moostache Feb 2013 #66

Hell yes. Veilex Feb 2013 #67

du rec. nt xchrom Feb 2013 #2

"Since they pay a lot of taxes"????? HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #3

They do pay a lot in taxes - 36-38% of govt revenue comes from the wealthiest 10% baldguy Feb 2013 #7

And they also pay a lower overall percentage of their income. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #10

That's the ones that pay taxes at all nxylas Feb 2013 #64

Of course they pay a lot of taxes. They have more income. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #15

actually they pay a slightly higher percent of the taxes than they get of the income hfojvt Feb 2013 #20

Well I'm well aware of the costs of their fucking tax breaks. Autumn Feb 2013 #4

Got that right. MichiganVote Feb 2013 #54

K&R - Here's another quote from the article: PETRUS Feb 2013 #5

Bread and Circuses, that's all Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #6

The issue is not what the wealthest think. Lochloosa Feb 2013 #8

except that in 2008 hfojvt Feb 2013 #22

You are wrong. There never was 60 Democrats in the Senate in '08. Stop spreading that LIE. Thanks. Lochloosa Feb 2013 #28

technically they did hfojvt Feb 2013 #36

But you will here the nonsense about Lieberman. Lochloosa Feb 2013 #41

probably no more so than Baucus or the Nelson twins hfojvt Feb 2013 #42

Well lets look more closely at your John2 Feb 2013 #53

Democrats Didn't Have 60 In Senate Very Long DallasNE Feb 2013 #59

They got theirs and screw anyone else trying to get the crumbs. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #9

Hell - they don't want you to get your hands on the crumbs, either! SnowCritter Feb 2013 #11

+290 Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #14

So, even though they can see the evidence of what austerity has done... prairierose Feb 2013 #12

"Are these very wealthy any use in our society at all?" = good question. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #32

I thought later that I should have added..... prairierose Feb 2013 #51

No, we'd be much better off without them. undergroundpanther Feb 2013 #52

k&r Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #13

Let "you people"--the poor--eat cake AndyA Feb 2013 #16

and watch the Oscars Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #18

Give it a rest. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #31

....... Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #34

Most Americans live with personal debt. They can make a living while managing debt. The wealthy DhhD Feb 2013 #17

The wealthy OWN the fucking national debt. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #65

I Disagree Sharply With What Benjamin Page Concludes DallasNE Feb 2013 #19

There is no maximum to what you pay for Medicare. It taxes your entire income. dkf Feb 2013 #25

Stop Nitpicking DallasNE Feb 2013 #29

Correcting a major misstatement is not nitpicking mainer Feb 2013 #38

Good Lord DallasNE Feb 2013 #40

Wrong again. Medicare tax 2.9 percent mainer Feb 2013 #43

Do You Agree With What Page Claimed DallasNE Feb 2013 #60

What the wealthy are worried about is that Smilo Feb 2013 #21

The wealthy sure don't care about the national debt when they're getting a tax cut Yavin4 Feb 2013 #23

Wealthy disagree with pretty much everything on the face of the earth about income policies. raouldukelives Feb 2013 #24

You know this is probably how the average Greek felt. dkf Feb 2013 #26

I think that if you will never go hungry EVER nor have to try to live without a home Dragonfli Feb 2013 #47

a comment that was always wrong, and never more so now DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #61

Like we give a fuck about what you fucking rich assholes think! L0oniX Feb 2013 #27

Gee, the greedy agree with the greedy. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #30

whowould have guessed? sarcasm ashling Feb 2013 #33

Having had to tolerate my share of the wealthy and their spawn, trust fund brats, Cleita Feb 2013 #35

Gee, I can't imagine why they would feel that way. Go figure (nt) AnnieK401 Feb 2013 #37

"The very rich are different from you and me!" LongTomH Feb 2013 #39

"yes, they have more money" = ernest hemingway HiPointDem Feb 2013 #44

Here's the actual source of the quote. Hint: It's not from Papa Hemingway LongTomH Feb 2013 #46

... HiPointDem Feb 2013 #58

You mean the rich people who buy media and forcefeed horseshit down our valerief Feb 2013 #45

wish I had the money the spent on this study... dtom67 Feb 2013 #48

Greedy rich SOB Pakid Feb 2013 #49

"I got mine, yer on yer own" syndrome. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2013 #50

Surprised they care about anything actually, other than their bank statements that is. MichiganVote Feb 2013 #55

I really don't give a flying fuck about what they think. alfredo Feb 2013 #56

That's like saying masters and slaves view slavery differently. JVS Feb 2013 #57

non story daybranch Feb 2013 #62

The desires of the wealthy seem very similar to those of the republican party. mwb970 Feb 2013 #63

Not suprising obama2terms Feb 2013 #68

"36 percent of the top 1 percent favor cutting back on Social Security" DaveJ Feb 2013 #69