The Question Conservatives Can't Answer

[georgephillip]

"The following fact was sent to numerous conservative pundits, politicians, and profit-seekers:

"Based on Tax Foundation figures, the richest 1% has TRIPLED its share of America's income over the past 30 years. Much of the gain came from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments.

"If their income had increased only at the pace of American productivity (80%), they would be taking about a TRILLION DOLLARS LESS out of our economy.

"And a question was posed:

"In what way do the richest 1% deserve these extraordinary gains?

"This question was not posed in sarcasm.

"A factual answer is genuinely sought.

"It seems unlikely that 1% of the population worked three times harder than the rest of us, or contributed three times as much to American productivity.

"Money earned from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments is not productive income."

Any takers, Cons?

The Question Conservatives Can't Answer | Common Dreams

 

[whitehall]

Conservatives can answer it. The federal government doesn't generate income.

 

[Avatar4321]

It was their money to begin with. They earned it.

When are you on the left going to realize that taxes burden the American people with labor they have to pay the government before they can take care of themselves? The money is theirs.

At what point have they paid their fair share?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

It was their money to begin with. They earned it.

When are you on the left going to realize that taxes burden the American people with labor they have to pay the government before they can take care of themselves? The money is theirs.

At what point have they paid their fair share?

When they have none left. Of course, that begs the question, who are they going to take it from next?

 

[Rinata]

They will say this is a lie and that will be that. Or else they won't answer at all.

 

[Avatar4321]

They will say this is a lie and that will be that. Or else they won't answer at all.

You know, I try to avoid calling people liars when there is any ambiguity. But the fact that you are trying to claim that we wont answer the question after several of us have already answered it is a comete and utter lie.

Are you ready to admit you were wrong?

 

[Oddball]

Based on Tax Foundation figures, the richest 1% has TRIPLED its share of America's income over the past 30 years. Much of the gain came from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments.

Too fucking bad....Those "gains" are in terms of money that belonged to them in the first place.

If their income had increased only at the pace of American productivity (80%), they would be taking about a TRILLION DOLLARS LESS out of our economy.

And if worms had machine guns, birds wouldn't fuck with them.

The notion that someone "took money out of the economy" is pure commie bullshit, which is mind boggling in its sheer economic ignorance.

 

[yidnar]

"The following fact was sent to numerous conservative pundits, politicians, and profit-seekers:

"Based on Tax Foundation figures, the richest 1% has TRIPLED its share of America's income over the past 30 years. Much of the gain came from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments.

"If their income had increased only at the pace of American productivity (80%), they would be taking about a TRILLION DOLLARS LESS out of our economy.

"And a question was posed:

"In what way do the richest 1% deserve these extraordinary gains?

"This question was not posed in sarcasm.

"A factual answer is genuinely sought.

"It seems unlikely that 1% of the population worked three times harder than the rest of us, or contributed three times as much to American productivity.

"Money earned from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments is not productive income."

Any takers, Cons?

The Question Conservatives Can't Answer | Common Dreams

the top 10% pay the majority of taxes in this country.and until communist traitors like you voted in the piece of shit we have in the White House hard working people who invested wisely became more prosperous.

 

[georgephillip]

Conservatives can answer it. The federal government doesn't generate income.

Federal government writes tax codes and redistributes income gains from one percentage of workers to another.

In 1980 seven percent of total US annual income went to the richest 1%.
Today the figure is 20%.

The best explanation I see is the richest 1% have bribed elected Republicans AND Democrats to write tax policies that shift the burden of taxation off unearned income and onto wages and salaries.

The Question Conservatives Can't Answer | Common Dreams

 

[Oddball]

Conservatives can answer it. The federal government doesn't generate income.

Federal government writes tax codes and redistributes income gains from one percentage of workers to another.

In 1980 seven percent of total US annual income went to the richest 1%.
Today the figure is 20%.

Which is completely irrelevant to the fact that the federal gubmint generates no income of its own, deflectasaurus rex.

 

[Avatar4321]

So now that we've answered your 'unanswerable" question. Do you have any further questions or are you simply going to pretend no one has answered it?

 

[logical4u]

"The following fact was sent to numerous conservative pundits, politicians, and profit-seekers:

"Based on Tax Foundation figures, the richest 1% has TRIPLED its share of America's income over the past 30 years. Much of the gain came from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments.

"If their income had increased only at the pace of American productivity (80%), they would be taking about a TRILLION DOLLARS LESS out of our economy.

"And a question was posed:

"In what way do the richest 1% deserve these extraordinary gains?

"This question was not posed in sarcasm.

"A factual answer is genuinely sought.

"It seems unlikely that 1% of the population worked three times harder than the rest of us, or contributed three times as much to American productivity.

"Money earned from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments is not productive income."

Any takers, Cons?

The Question Conservatives Can't Answer | Common Dreams

Do you mean if you were working hard and the gov't was taxing your pants off, and you tried harder to get ahead, and the gov't took more in taxes that you wouldn't notice when you didn't have to pay an additional five percent or more of your income? You wouldn't notice when the gov't "let" you keep more of what you earned? And since that money was essentially "thrown away" on taxes, you wouldn't consider investing it .... say in the stock market (where it would help create jobs)? Are you saying if your "investments" weren't taxed as much that your investments would not grow quicker?

Money is not "earned" from tax cuts. It is earned from working or investing (the gov't has little to do with that after setting the value of money), because the gov't steals less (lawfully of course) does not mean the gov't gave you money. The gov't just took less of yours.

I see people everyday that claim they are "needy". Their hair, nails and clothes are nicer than mine. They buy the name brands and choice cuts of meat in the grocery store. They wear more "bling" than I own. Some of them have thousands and thousands of dolllars in artwork on their bodies where they can never gain from that "art investment".
There is such a disparity because of lifestyle. The people in the top income brackets believe in working, sacrificing for their family, and investing (and yes some of them actually take a vacation every few years) for the future. They invest in their children's education, and their children's character (while working on their own at the same time). After decades, money finally starts to seriously accumulate.
At that time, the bozos that "chose" not to work hard, not to invest in themselves or their future start crying because the "wealthy" should be willing to share. They didn't want any part of that bustin' your butt for education or career, but they sure do want the rewards.

If you really want to see the country improve, tell them "NO"! Earn it yourself.

 

[logical4u]

It was their money to begin with. They earned it.

When are you on the left going to realize that taxes burden the American people with labor they have to pay the government before they can take care of themselves? The money is theirs.

At what point have they paid their fair share?

When they have none left. Of course, that begs the question, who are they going to take it from next?

That is when "genocide" starts.

 

[georgephillip]

It was their money to begin with. They earned it.

When are you on the left going to realize that taxes burden the American people with labor they have to pay the government before they can take care of themselves? The money is theirs.

At what point have they paid their fair share?

Did you bother reading the link?

"It seems unlikely that 1% of the population worked three times harder than the rest of us, or contributed three times as much to American productivity.

"Money earned from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments is not productive income..."

The Question Conservatives Can't Answer | Common Dreams

 

[Oddball]

It was their money to begin with. They earned it.

When are you on the left going to realize that taxes burden the American people with labor they have to pay the government before they can take care of themselves? The money is theirs.

At what point have they paid their fair share?

Did you bother reading the link?

"It seems unlikely that 1% of the population worked three times harder than the rest of us, or contributed three times as much to American productivity.

"Money earned from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments is not productive income..."

The Question Conservatives Can't Answer | Common Dreams

Too damn bad.

It still not the federal gubmint's money, you fucking looter.

 

[Avatar4321]

It was their money to begin with. They earned it.

When are you on the left going to realize that taxes burden the American people with labor they have to pay the government before they can take care of themselves? The money is theirs.

At what point have they paid their fair share?

Did you bother reading the link?

"It seems unlikely that 1% of the population worked three times harder than the rest of us, or contributed three times as much to American productivity.

"Money earned from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments is not productive income..."

The Question Conservatives Can't Answer | Common Dreams

It doesn't change the answer.

Now, as I said, since your question has been answered, do you have any further questions?

 

[Avatar4321]

where the jobs then? See implying thats its their money and agreeing they did in fact make more of it. You have to concede that trickle down does not work.
Instead what you see is Rich people keeping their money and not in fact expanding their work force.

But people like you cant admit this, because then your blaming of Obama and the current UE would look silly and just hateful.

We haven't cut taxes since 2001. And there was more jobs until this current crisis caused by our Governments screwed up financial problems.

If you want to see jobs, cut taxes, cut spending, and eliminate needless regulation and get the heck out of the way.

It's not the governments job to create jobs. We are supposed to create and find our own jobs. The government just needs to get the heck out of our way and stop burdening us by taxation, inflation, and overspending.

 

[rdean]

Conservatives can answer it. The federal government doesn't generate income.

Sure it does. NASA has over two thousand patents that generate hundreds of billions of dollars from both patent sales and licensing. Everyone knows that.

 

[thereisnospoon]

"The following fact was sent to numerous conservative pundits, politicians, and profit-seekers:

"Based on Tax Foundation figures, the richest 1% has TRIPLED its share of America's income over the past 30 years. Much of the gain came from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments.

"If their income had increased only at the pace of American productivity (80%), they would be taking about a TRILLION DOLLARS LESS out of our economy.

"And a question was posed:

"In what way do the richest 1% deserve these extraordinary gains?

"This question was not posed in sarcasm.

"A factual answer is genuinely sought.

"It seems unlikely that 1% of the population worked three times harder than the rest of us, or contributed three times as much to American productivity.

"Money earned from tax cuts and minimally taxed financial instruments is not productive income."

Any takers, Cons?

The Question Conservatives Can't Answer | Common Dreams

Hey, no matter how many ways you try to inject the poor abused worker bee card, your message still remains the same. You despise anyone who you deem to have somehow cheated you throughout your miserably unproductive life.
Back under your rock.

 

[georgephillip]

It was their money to begin with. They earned it.

When are you on the left going to realize that taxes burden the American people with labor they have to pay the government before they can take care of themselves? The money is theirs.

At what point have they paid their fair share?

When they have none left. Of course, that begs the question, who are they going to take it from next?

In 1980 the richest 1% earned at least $148,000 a year.
Today they "earn" a minimum of $450,000 every year.

The didn't earn the extra money.
They bribed politicians to write tax policy shifting the tax burden to wages and salaries.
And they are not done taking.
When are you going to get smart enough to notice?