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TBF

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4. Exactly, and it means everyone lives a more
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 01:46 PM
Jun 2012

sophisticated lifestyle (more amenities and opportunities) rather than just a few who have squandered all the wealth and keep it in just a few families.

And the higher taxes are, the more civilized you can be. nt bemildred Jun 2012 #1
SOAK THE RICH!! deaniac21 Jun 2012 #2
How about requiring they pay what they can afford. Just like the rest of us. The Wielding Truth Jun 2012 #3
I say SOAK THE RICH. deaniac21 Jun 2012 #34
Amen! They are reverse Robin Hoods! Initech Jun 2012 #36
Exactly, and it means everyone lives a more TBF Jun 2012 #4
In our case, Taxes are the price we pay for corrupt politicians, criminal corporations, and wars. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #5
If so, we're not getting our money's worth. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #6
Maybe that is something we could work on with the Tea Partiers? kentuck Jun 2012 #9
Maybe? Not a chance. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #16
Maybe you are correct? kentuck Jun 2012 #17
Wealth = incentive to create economic activity. dkf Jun 2012 #7
For greedy people... kentuck Jun 2012 #8
Look at everything you own, watch, or read and ask yourself when the person responsible for that had dkf Jun 2012 #10
Contrary to what you may think... kentuck Jun 2012 #11
They expensed everything and had loopholes large enough to drive trucks through. dkf Jun 2012 #14
Corporations suck. kentuck Jun 2012 #15
Their drive to make a profit makes my life better. It gets me access to things I enjoy. dkf Jun 2012 #18
But most American innovation was accomplished under higher tax rates. CJCRANE Jun 2012 #20
Very eloquent. In the past, that was true. But currently when the super-rich can increase their AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #23
You believe in all of the magic Tsiyu Jun 2012 #26
The purpose is one thing, but what they do to get there is another bhikkhu Jun 2012 #22
That's how it used to work laundry_queen Jun 2012 #28
Exactly, higher tax rates on the rich => more spending and more investment in... CJCRANE Jun 2012 #19
Plus laundry_queen Jun 2012 #29
Society and infrastructure = the ability to create economic activity. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #13
The problem is wealth is no longer derived just by making things One of the 99 Jun 2012 #25
Taxes are the price we pay for strip searches at the airport and predator drones in Afghanistan. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #12
taxes are how congress criminals get paid. spanone Jun 2012 #21
One of my favorite quotes. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2012 #24
Freedom isn't free. gulliver Jun 2012 #27
"...undermine people's faith in the whole American system..." kentuck Jun 2012 #30
I agree with your OP completely. gulliver Jun 2012 #31
I thought that was what you meant. kentuck Jun 2012 #32
And corporate taxes are the price Shankapotomus Jun 2012 #33
hey john89 Jun 2012 #35
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