They are always welcomed to pay more.. Matt Damon could always make a donation to the US Treasury... ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: Ras Tafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 7:31 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Matt Damon tells it like it is i think this is AWESOME. i wish more people in that tax bracket thought this way. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ""The wealthy are paying less than they paid at ay time else, > certainly in my lifetime, and probably in the last century," Damon > said. "I don't know what we were paying in the roaring 20's; it's > criminal that so little is asked of people who are getting so much. I > don't mind paying more. I really don't mind paying more taxes. I'd > rather pay for taxes than cut 'Reading is Fundamental' or Head Start > or some of these programs that are really helping kids. This is the > greatest country in the world; is it really that much worse if you pay > 6% more in taxes? Give me a break. Look at what you get for it: you > get to be American." > > When asked whether he thought tax cuts helped create jobs, he was more > than clear in his belief that they do not, and struck again on the > inequality in the nation. > > "I didn't go start a small business with my tax break, and I don't > know anyone else who did. No, everybody's socking their money away," > he said. "I was against those tax cuts. I thought they were > ridiculous. So little is asked of the upper class anyway. I mean, what > percent of them or their kids are fighting in any of these wars? What > percent of their day is occupied by the fact that there are men and > women in positions over the world, risking their lives. If you walk > down 5th Avenue, there's no sense of shared sacrifice." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341184 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
