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Subject: Re: WHO PAYS WHAT TAXES � THE LATEST

Author:
Ronlee

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Date Posted: 21:23:14 01/21/02 Mon
In reply to: Rootbeer :o) 's message, "Re: WHO PAYS WHAT TAXES � THE LATEST" on 09:39:21 01/21/02 Mon

>Worse and worse?, I was laid off in the late 70's, does that mean I shouldn't have to pay taxes any more? As far as turnips, this country is full of them and it ain't getting any better. Been shopping lately? The stores are full of people in uniforms and name-tags just wandering around taking up space. Service is a thing of the past. Hell, for alot of people work has become a pastime. Just clockin', making my hours, gettin' by. I don't know the people you deal with on a daily basis but I'd just like to find "a few good men". Finding someone to show up for work 2 days in a row is like hitting the jackpot for me. Yep, these people won't be paying much if any taxes. They don't work! Somehow they've got it in their heads that work is for chumps. Where do you think they could get such a notion? Liberals, the "equal outcome without equal effort" crowd, won't be happy until they've pounded the American work ethic into the ground. It's really no wonder the middleclass is shrinking. Working hard and getting ahead is much harder to do than getting sucked into the malaise. This diatribe may seem to have little to do with who pays what taxes but in a way it has everything to do with it. It's like the minimum wage argument. Are there really people out there who show up for work everyday, and actually work, stuck at minimum wage? I don't buy that one either. Minimum wage is just so much more liberal claptrap designed to prove that "we're on your side guys", "let's make them greedy rich bastards pay".

I'm grasping your figures. Half the people pay the
>lion's share. But you can't get blood from a turnip
>can you? If you ain't got it to pay then what to you
>expect? And with all the lay-offs its only going to
>get worse and worse. Eventually someone somewhere is
>going to have to pay more. It's one of those trickle
>down theories isn't it?
>
>Rootbeer :o)
>
>>>You're not grasping the figures. The top 50% are
>>paying 96% of the taxes. That means the bottom 50% are
>>paying a whopping 4%. That's out of whack right there.
>>So you say the top 50% should just vote accordingly
>>because it's them against the lower 50%. Not quite.
>>Take the top 50% and start dividing them up. Those at
>>the lower end of the top 50% have had their tax burden
>>lessened so that they line up with the lower 50% and
>>say, "yea, make them rich bastards pay". Everytime you
>>hear this 'fair share' nonsense that's what is
>>happening.
>>
>>The object of taxation in this country has become
>>twisted. It used to be people paid taxes to contribute
>>to society. Now the Government continually tells
>>people that 'you haven't gained anything from this
>>society' therefor you shouldn't have to pay anything.
>>That's bull! I'm becoming weary of people who want to
>>contribute nothing and collect everything.
>>
>>

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: WHO PAYS WHAT TAXES � THE LATEST	Rootbeer :o)	13:21:29 01/22/02 Tue
Re: WHO PAYS WHAT TAXES � THE LATEST -- Ronlee, 16:39:08 01/22/02 Tue