WOW -- welcome aboard. On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:42 PM, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes - those netting over $250,000 would have their taxes raised from > the current 33% to 36%. That's going stop small businesses? > > Read the details: > http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/taxes/Factsheet_Tax_Plan_FINAL.pdf > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Rich Thomas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > $250k is not "extremely wealthy." I know lots of professional working > > couples who have worked hard, got some good education, made some > sacrifices > > along the way, worked up the ladder, and now fall into that category. > They > > are not "extremely wealthy" and it is really not that hard to achieve if > you > > work at it. Your sort of category "really rich folks" is .com > > millionaires, start-up cash-inners, and major corporate execs who get > lots > > and lots of stock options, or trust funders, or the John Kerry-Heinzes, > > Johnny Edwards, Ted Kennedys, Warren Buffets, Bill Gates, George Soros, > > Roger Waters, rappers, etc. If you wanted to do that, only your ambition > > has stopped you from achieving it. > > > > You have to make a difference between "wealth" and salary income. Income > is > > what working people bring home, wealth is what comes from stocks and > > investments and savings and that sort of thing, and yes over time the > > salaried people might become wealthy by saving and investing. So I guess > it > > is OK then to confiscate the results of their good work and choices? So > > people who work for their money and make good money should have it > > confiscated to pay for those who don't. That is just thievery in another > > guise, might as well go to the rich guy's house with pitchforks, guns, > and > > torches, and take his flat screen and car and whatever else you fancy -- > > that would be a "fair share" you are entitled to, right? That is really > > sick thinking. > > > > But the basic issue is Obammie stoking class warfare, pandering to those > who > > have not worked their way up the ladder, and keeping them in an > underclass > > that he can keep pandering to. His base. That is really sad because it > > rewards failure to achieve potential that everyone has and really says > > something about his view of his base --that they are so stupid or lazy or > > inept that they need to be carried along by those who achieved the > > potential. What a sad commentary. > > > > You make your choices, you take your results, and don't whine about it > and > > expect to be carried along. If you want to become wealthy, then go do > it, > > the only one who is gonna stop you is you, and maybe Obammie. > > > > -- > OK Don, KD5NRO > Norman, OK > "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and > mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." - Ernest Hemingway > '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ''97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent > van-go) > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
