Tax the rich? 14 Facts you may want to consider first.

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

What's going to raise more money? Raising taxes on the those who bring in 90% of the total wealth in this country, or the rest who bring in 10%? It's very simple math.

Class warfare? They started it. They're the ones who engineered the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class in history. Screw 'em. If the rich want a class war, we'll give it to them. They always lose that fight anyways.

how about the 50% of all workers in america who pay $0.00 in taxes every year, even if they only pay $100 a year each thats billions in new tax revenue.

they will be paying taxes with the money goverment gives them so it costs them nothing but in turn, because they are paying taxes, the rules can be changed so they can be allowed to do the very things they want to do in order to better themselves and get out of the dependancy and poverty they live in which they arent allowed to do now under the excuse that its cost savings to cut anyones benefits if they dare to try to not be poor.

as to "If the rich want a class war, we'll give it to them." i missed the front page news where rich people came out and declared war on the poor and middle class? the rich never declared war on anyone anymore then that flower pot in the corner did.

i will give you a choice, there is a guy just like you standing over there and i tell you to choose to make him pay more so you dont have to pay anything for taxes or you and he will both pay the same percentage of your income. now how many people will choose to pay an equal amount based on their income or choose a free ride because they can?

thats why they cry about make the rich pay more and if i was rich and had to pay more then the 60% of my income i already pay then i would start laying off employees because if you cant keep your profits then you have no profits and if you have no profits why pay employees? you have no reason to risk losing money in a buisness if the reward you might get is taken away.

if YOU had to pay 60% of your paycheck in taxes would you think you need to pay more taxes just because congress likes to spend lots of money?

i will say this about the rich and upper middle class, there needs to be means testing to recieve social security. people who dont "need" it shouldnt get it because there are a huge number of people getting checks that are sucking the system dry when they have no real need for the money.