I'd rather him make a donation to some of the education projects that got cut. The state budget got cut so they cut back on education here too or making us pay higher fees for after school activities.
-----Original Message----- From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 1:21 PM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Matt Damon tells it like it is 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:341194 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
