Comments on: When You Raise Taxes on the Rich, Everyone Pays http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2009/06/when-you-raise-taxes-on-the-rich-everyone-pays/ God-centered leadership (that avoids the Christian cheese-factor) Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Penny http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2009/06/when-you-raise-taxes-on-the-rich-everyone-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1837 Penny Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:34:32 +0000 http://www.whatsbestnext.com/?p=1626#comment-1837 Hmmm, so many misconceptions coming from the previous comment. The poor are not paying federal taxes, so taxing the rich will have no effect on what the poor are currently paying in taxes. When it was pointed out to Obama that Federal tax revenue is actually higher when the rich are taxed less, Obama said it's not about the revenue, it's about "fairness". This is what is so dangerous about heading down a socialistic path. What the above poster needs to understand is that Obama doesn't want him to have 'room to breathe'; he wants all of us to be in poverty, with the government controlling most of the money that we earn. Hmmm, so many misconceptions coming from the previous comment. The poor are not paying federal taxes, so taxing the rich will have no effect on what the poor are currently paying in taxes.

When it was pointed out to Obama that Federal tax revenue is actually higher when the rich are taxed less, Obama said it’s not about the revenue, it’s about “fairness”. This is what is so dangerous about heading down a socialistic path. What the above poster needs to understand is that Obama doesn’t want him to have ‘room to breathe’; he wants all of us to be in poverty, with the government controlling most of the money that we earn.

]]> By: C http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2009/06/when-you-raise-taxes-on-the-rich-everyone-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1827 C Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:38:49 +0000 http://www.whatsbestnext.com/?p=1626#comment-1827 The rich can afford to pay taxes, in that they have money. They are rich! The poor are poor because they do not have money. Why should those with the least money pay all the taxes when money is already tight? For years Conservative America has believed in the bottom up approach to taxing citizens. Thinking that giving the wealthy and big business breaks that the wealth would trickle down. I don't know how close to the bottom you are standing right now, but I have yet to see any of this wealth. Nobody has, it is this way of doing business that has put us in our current recession. True our tax structure is screwed up from decades of lobbying and bipartisan bickering. The whole thing needs to be scrapped and redone, but by taxing the rich and not the poor, you allow the poor some room to breath. When they have room to breath and are able to pay their bills you have less people on welfare, less bankruptcy and more spending. When everybody can spend, even the poorest citizens, there is demand for more products made by the rich. As more poor people buy the rich get richer. Because they are making more money still they can afford to pay the higher taxes and they don't have to worry about who they have to pay or if they can pay them because they are rich. Doing away with ridiculous tax code that pay businesses to send work over seas, would create jobs for the unemployed. Less money the government has to pay out. By not taxing every stage of the manufacturing process. Companies like General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford would be more competitive with those foreign owned companies. The rich can afford to pay taxes, in that they have money. They are rich! The poor are poor because they do not have money. Why should those with the least money pay all the taxes when money is already tight?
For years Conservative America has believed in the bottom up approach to taxing citizens. Thinking that giving the wealthy and big business breaks that the wealth would trickle down. I don’t know how close to the bottom you are standing right now, but I have yet to see any of this wealth. Nobody has, it is this way of doing business that has put us in our current recession.
True our tax structure is screwed up from decades of lobbying and bipartisan bickering. The whole thing needs to be scrapped and redone, but by taxing the rich and not the poor, you allow the poor some room to breath. When they have room to breath and are able to pay their bills you have less people on welfare, less bankruptcy and more spending. When everybody can spend, even the poorest citizens, there is demand for more products made by the rich. As more poor people buy the rich get richer. Because they are making more money still they can afford to pay the higher taxes and they don’t have to worry about who they have to pay or if they can pay them because they are rich.
Doing away with ridiculous tax code that pay businesses to send work over seas, would create jobs for the unemployed. Less money the government has to pay out. By not taxing every stage of the manufacturing process. Companies like General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford would be more competitive with those foreign owned companies.

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