Buffett Rule

[Praxeas]

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.

[Sam]

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?

[Dedicated Mind]

Originally Posted by Sam

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?

absolutely sam, there is much work to be done. Come join the struggle, Obama needs you.

[deafdriscoll]

All men are created equal. if this is really true why do the rich pay less taxes than I do. That is not equal. The rich need to man up and pay the same as I do. Some would use scare tactics to bully the normal person around and fantize that the rich would have less to invest which is not true.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by deafdriscoll

All men are created equal. if this is really true why do the rich pay less taxes than I do. That is not equal. The rich need to man up and pay the same as I do. Some would use scare tactics to bully the normal person around and fantize that the rich would have less to invest which is not true.

I dare say they don't.

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by deafdriscoll

All men are created equal. if this is really true why do the rich pay less taxes than I do. That is not equal. The rich need to man up and pay the same as I do. Some would use scare tactics to bully the normal person around and fantize that the rich would have less to invest which is not true.

In 2010 there were 8,274 persons in America who made $10 million or more. Their total combined incomes equaled $124 billion dollars. If you taxed all of those people at a 100% tax rate it would be enough money to run the federal government for 18 days.

So tell me, does the government really need more money? Or is the federal government, not the rich, not the middle class, not anybody, the one who needs to do with less money.

The class warfare stuff is asinine. Our fellow Americans aren't the enemy. The over bloated, top-heavy, wasteful, intrusive federal government is the enemy.

Using your rationale, if all things are equal, why do the wealthy pay 70% of all taxes and 50% of Americans pay ZERO?

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

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