The only difference between the " rich " & " poor " is how they go about living off the rest of us with the help of the political establishment and government as a whole. It is truely an incestuous relationship with these three groups. God help & bless the rest of US !
******************************************************************************************************************* On Nov 25, 10:40 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, > > What percentage of the income and wealth does that top 25% have? What > you refer to as "class warfare" has always existed and most likely > always will. One has to have income in order to pay income taxes, one > must have personal property in order to pay personal property taxes, > one must have money to spend in order to pay sales taxes, and so on. > > On Nov 25, 9:23 pm, Bill Bowden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 23, 8:33 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > shouldn't the rich at least have to pay fees/fines/penalties > > > relative to their income then? > > > --- > > > class warfare at it's finest! > > > The rich already pay most of the federal taxes. The top 25% of > > taxpayers pay 87% of all taxes collected. 40,000 people pay all the > > taxes for New York. > > How much more should they pay? > > >http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=6 > > > -Bill > > > > On Nov 23, 9:06 am, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, shouldn't the rich at least have to pay fees/fines/penalties > > > > relative to their income then? > > > > > Currently - > > > > Pat who makes $50,000 per year parks illegally and gets a ticket for > > > > $50.00. > > > > Terry who makes $5,000,000 per year parks illegally and gets a ticket > > > > for $50.00. > > > > > But what if the ticket was based on a percentage of 0.1% rather then a > > > > fixed amount? > > > > > If based on 0.1% - > > > > Pat who makes $50,000 per year parks illegally and gets a ticket for > > > > $50.00. > > > > Terry who makes $5,000,000 per year parks illegally and gets a ticket > > > > for $5,000.00. > > > > > Imagine the possibilities - > > > > 1. Terry would try a little harder not to park illegally. > > > > 2. Our Cities, States, and Country would receive huge increases of > > > > revenue. > > > > 3. The USA may be able to go to a flat tax for income of %10 for > > > > EVERYONE (Yes, Including the rich).- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
