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View Poll Results: Should we tax millionaires 30 percent?
yes, tax millionaires at least 30 percent 4 36.36%
no, keep taxes the same or lower them 7 63.64%
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Old 04-19-2012, 03:48 AM
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And not every one that makes millions is responsible for starting up new businesses or adding jobs.

However, I have a recommendation. If Warren Buffett and other rich people want to pay more in taxes, then why not volunteer to pay more? Make it so they can willingly pay a higher rate or just take less deductions
volunteerism doesn't address fairness issue.
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Old 04-19-2012, 07:32 AM
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My Buffet Rule is to quit eating when I feel full.....:LoL:
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My Buffet Rule is to quit eating when I feel full.....:LoL:
Sounds like a good rule. I may try it, some day.
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Sounds like a good rule. I may try it, some day.
That was a good one. My Buffet Rule is don't go to them. The food is usually awful.
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Not every rich person is a job creator. A CEO of a company is not going to hire one more person because his pay-check is better...The ability to hire is not based on how much a CEO makes but how much the Corporation makes

Some Actor or Actress making Millions is only supporting the economy by spending their millions on expensive cars and other things. About the best we can hope for is they hire a house servant that is not an illegal. Even that is hardly "creating jobs"

Most companies reinvest the company profit after paying off debt like employees including CEOs/Owners. So it's not every day that millionaires are investing their own money in job creation directly or reinvestment into the company to hire more.
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Isn't the deduction for mortgage interest discriminatory against those who do not own their own home? and is not this discriminatory in favor of home owners or as they used to be referred to as "the landed gentry"?

Also, isn't our bail bond system discriminatory against those who don't own homes and discriminatory toward those who do own property and who could be considered "the landed gentry"?

Also, isn't allowing a deduction for those who give over a certain amount to charity/church/etc. discriminatory against those who are "church members" versus those who are not?
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Isn't the deduction for mortgage interest discriminatory against those who do not own their own home? and is not this discriminatory in favor of home owners or as they used to be referred to as "the landed gentry"?

Also, isn't our bail bond system discriminatory against those who don't own homes and discriminatory toward those who do own property and who could be considered "the landed gentry"?

Also, isn't allowing a deduction for those who give over a certain amount to charity/church/etc. discriminatory against those who are "church members" versus those who are not?
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Not every rich person is a job creator. A CEO of a company is not going to hire one more person because his pay-check is better...The ability to hire is not based on how much a CEO makes but how much the Corporation makes

Some Actor or Actress making Millions is only supporting the economy by spending their millions on expensive cars and other things. About the best we can hope for is they hire a house servant that is not an illegal. Even that is hardly "creating jobs"

Most companies reinvest the company profit after paying off debt like employees including CEOs/Owners. So it's not every day that millionaires are investing their own money in job creation directly or reinvestment into the company to hire more.
70% of all jobs created in USA come from small businesses. Obama's taxing of those making 250K or more is stupid
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Fairness? "Fairness" is a Progressive code word for socialism. Jesus said we'd have the poor always, why didn't He address fairness?
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volunteerism doesn't address fairness issue.
I think it does. If Democrats want to raise taxes they must be willing to PAY those taxes. If that is the case, why wait for a law change?

It's like the dad that says he wants to provide more child support but was waiting for a court order...huh?
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