400 Americans

[NYcarbineer]

It's fantastic that some people can be so wealthy. It's no skin off my nose.

Remember when we used to admire such people and aspire to emulate them?

Aah, the good ol' days, before progressivism saturated our society.

What's fantastic about it? How much money does a man need to reach the point where his life is fantastic?

Explain again how it is ANY of your business how much anyone has?

Because the rich and powerful make it their business to extract every penny they can from the labor and production of the not-rich.

 

[NYcarbineer]

If any of you think it's a good thing, tell us why.

It is neither good nor bad. Pretty simple concept. here lets play your stupid game.....

Seize all their wealth and distribute it to the supposed poor. Now explain in 2 years or less where you will get the next wealth to distribute when the poor have spent all that?

No. How about the working class makes a little more? How about the guy raising a family, working fulltime, makes 50,000 a year instead of 40,000? How about the minimum wage is 10 bucks instead of 8? How about companies operating in foreign countries paying labor pennies an hour have to pay a tariff to get goods into the US market?

None of that has anything to do with rich people being rich. You want certain laws passed talk to your Congress critters. Instead of trying to claim the simple fact a rich person has more then you is bad.

It has everything to do with the rich being that rich because every dollar a rich man acquires is a dollar that can't go somewhere else.

So now there is a finite amount of money and no one prints more or makes more or earns more or creates more? Perhaps you should reconsider your stupidity.

Name the companies that produce an infinite amount of profit in any given year.

Give us that list.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

It's fantastic that some people can be so wealthy. It's no skin off my nose.

Remember when we used to admire such people and aspire to emulate them?

Aah, the good ol' days, before progressivism saturated our society.

What's fantastic about it? How much money does a man need to reach the point where his life is fantastic?

Explain again how it is ANY of your business how much anyone has?

Because the rich and powerful make it their business to extract every penny they can from the labor and production of the not-rich.

Quit being jealous and earn your own money. Millionaires are made every day of the year and they don't get there by trying to take other peoples wealth.

 

[norwegen]

If any of you think it's a good thing, tell us why.

It is neither good nor bad. Pretty simple concept. here lets play your stupid game.....

Seize all their wealth and distribute it to the supposed poor. Now explain in 2 years or less where you will get the next wealth to distribute when the poor have spent all that?

No. How about the working class makes a little more? How about the guy raising a family, working fulltime, makes 50,000 a year instead of 40,000? How about the minimum wage is 10 bucks instead of 8? How about companies operating in foreign countries paying labor pennies an hour have to pay a tariff to get goods into the US market?

None of that has anything to do with rich people being rich. You want certain laws passed talk to your Congress critters. Instead of trying to claim the simple fact a rich person has more then you is bad.

It has everything to do with the rich being that rich because every dollar a rich man acquires is a dollar that can't go somewhere else.

And here we have it, Folks. The simplistic liberal mind. The belief that the sum of all a country's wealth is fixed.

Thank you, carbineer. The show is over.

 

[Katzndogz]

If any of you think it's a good thing, tell us why.

It is neither good nor bad. Pretty simple concept. here lets play your stupid game.....

Seize all their wealth and distribute it to the supposed poor. Now explain in 2 years or less where you will get the next wealth to distribute when the poor have spent all that?

No. How about the working class makes a little more? How about the guy raising a family, working fulltime, makes 50,000 a year instead of 40,000? How about the minimum wage is 10 bucks instead of 8? How about companies operating in foreign countries paying labor pennies an hour have to pay a tariff to get goods into the US market?

Then the creators should just help some emerging economy improve and buy those goods. Cut off the United States completely. Bring our standard of living to the level of the Mumbai slums.

 

[Avatar4321]

Good for them. Why do you the success of your fellow Americans means we are hurt. The amount of money others make has no effect on my life other than perhaps creating more opportunities for me

 

[orogenicman]

Have more wealth than half the population of the United States.


Hey Mr. Reagan, when exactly is this trickle down thing going to kick in?

Hey Mr. Bush, since the "job creators" still have the Tax Cut you gave them in 2002 and 2004, why aren't they, you know, creating more jobs?

Kinda hard to do it with all the regs obutthurt has put on small businesses.

Erm, so the 400 wealthiest Americans can't create more jobs because Obama extended their tax cuts? Well, then, let's cut out that tax break altogether and see if they can create more jobs that way.

 

[The Rabbi]

If any of you think it's a good thing, tell us why.

It is neither good nor bad. Pretty simple concept. here lets play your stupid game.....

Seize all their wealth and distribute it to the supposed poor. Now explain in 2 years or less where you will get the next wealth to distribute when the poor have spent all that?

No. How about the working class makes a little more? How about the guy raising a family, working fulltime, makes 50,000 a year instead of 40,000? How about the minimum wage is 10 bucks instead of 8? How about companies operating in foreign countries paying labor pennies an hour have to pay a tariff to get goods into the US market?

None of that has anything to do with rich people being rich. You want certain laws passed talk to your Congress critters. Instead of trying to claim the simple fact a rich person has more then you is bad.

It has everything to do with the rich being that rich because every dollar a rich man acquires is a dollar that can't go somewhere else.

Ah there it is. The fallacy of the fixed pie. The idea that if someone else has a dollar I dont have it. And that's bad.
It is a fallacy, right? You understand that if the rich person doesnt have that dollar no one will have that dollar. Right? Tell me you do so you retain some shred of respect from me.

 

[The Rabbi]

Have more wealth than half the population of the United States.


Hey Mr. Reagan, when exactly is this trickle down thing going to kick in?

Hey Mr. Bush, since the "job creators" still have the Tax Cut you gave them in 2002 and 2004, why aren't they, you know, creating more jobs?

Kinda hard to do it with all the regs obutthurt has put on small businesses.

Erm, so the 400 wealthiest Americans can't create more jobs because Obama extended their tax cuts? Well, then, let's cut out that tax break altogether and see if they can create more jobs that way.

OK so instead of having onerous regulations and some kind of tax relief we'll have onerous regulations AND confiscatory taxes. Brilliant!
You understand the Bush tax cuts expired, right? And growth still sucks and the middle class still has stagnating income. Why would you want to replicate failure?

 

[AmericanFirst]

Have more wealth than half the population of the United States.


Hey Mr. Reagan, when exactly is this trickle down thing going to kick in?

Hey Mr. Bush, since the "job creators" still have the Tax Cut you gave them in 2002 and 2004, why aren't they, you know, creating more jobs?

Kinda hard to do it with all the regs obutthurt has put on small businesses.

Erm, so the 400 wealthiest Americans can't create more jobs because Obama extended their tax cuts? Well, then, let's cut out that tax break altogether and see if they can create more jobs that way.

OK so instead of having onerous regulations and some kind of tax relief we'll have onerous regulations AND confiscatory taxes. Brilliant!
You understand the Bush tax cuts expired, right? And growth still sucks and the middle class still has stagnating income. Why would you want to replicate failure?

That is what libtards like, replicating failure.

 

[Clementine]

Hey Mssrs. Clinton and Obama...

Your insipid post implies that these "400 Americans" have somehow stolen their wealth from half the population of the United States. Do you include Bill Gates in those 400? If so, please explain how his accumulation of wealth has deprived others of wealth. You may wait until Recess to respond.

You have to remember that many on the left have no understanding of capitalism or the creation of wealth. If you want to discuss something they understand, try discussing the confiscation of wealth by sneaky policies and the vilification of those who actually earn their own money.

 

[SwimExpert]

Because the rich and powerful make it their business to extract every penny they can from the labor and production of the not-rich.

Yes. And it's good business. If you're not rich, then what are you going to do to extract every penny you can out of others?

 

[orogenicman]

Have more wealth than half the population of the United States.


Hey Mr. Reagan, when exactly is this trickle down thing going to kick in?

Hey Mr. Bush, since the "job creators" still have the Tax Cut you gave them in 2002 and 2004, why aren't they, you know, creating more jobs?

Kinda hard to do it with all the regs obutthurt has put on small businesses.

Erm, so the 400 wealthiest Americans can't create more jobs because Obama extended their tax cuts? Well, then, let's cut out that tax break altogether and see if they can create more jobs that way.

OK so instead of having onerous regulations and some kind of tax relief we'll have onerous regulations AND confiscatory taxes. Brilliant!
You understand the Bush tax cuts expired, right? And growth still sucks and the middle class still has stagnating income. Why would you want to replicate failure?

3.9% GDP is not bad. Better than at just about any time during the Bush administration.

 

[The Rabbi]

Have more wealth than half the population of the United States.


Hey Mr. Reagan, when exactly is this trickle down thing going to kick in?

Hey Mr. Bush, since the "job creators" still have the Tax Cut you gave them in 2002 and 2004, why aren't they, you know, creating more jobs?

Kinda hard to do it with all the regs obutthurt has put on small businesses.

Erm, so the 400 wealthiest Americans can't create more jobs because Obama extended their tax cuts? Well, then, let's cut out that tax break altogether and see if they can create more jobs that way.

OK so instead of having onerous regulations and some kind of tax relief we'll have onerous regulations AND confiscatory taxes. Brilliant!
You understand the Bush tax cuts expired, right? And growth still sucks and the middle class still has stagnating income. Why would you want to replicate failure?

3.9% GDP is not bad. Better than at just about any time during the Bush administration.

Cherry pick much? The overall growth has been sub 3%. Coming out of a recession that is horrible. And since most of that growth has concentrated at the top you get income inqueality.
Democrat polciies have directly led to rising incomes for the wealthy and stagnant incomes for everyone else. Why is this difficult to grasp?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Have more wealth than half the population of the United States.


Hey Mr. Reagan, when exactly is this trickle down thing going to kick in?

Hey Mr. Bush, since the "job creators" still have the Tax Cut you gave them in 2002 and 2004, why aren't they, you know, creating more jobs?

Kinda hard to do it with all the regs obutthurt has put on small businesses.

Erm, so the 400 wealthiest Americans can't create more jobs because Obama extended their tax cuts? Well, then, let's cut out that tax break altogether and see if they can create more jobs that way.

OK so instead of having onerous regulations and some kind of tax relief we'll have onerous regulations AND confiscatory taxes. Brilliant!
You understand the Bush tax cuts expired, right? And growth still sucks and the middle class still has stagnating income. Why would you want to replicate failure?

3.9% GDP is not bad. Better than at just about any time during the Bush administration.

Cherry pick much? The overall growth has been sub 3%. Coming out of a recession that is horrible. And since most of that growth has concentrated at the top you get income inqueality.
Democrat polciies have directly led to rising incomes for the wealthy and stagnant incomes for everyone else. Why is this difficult to grasp?

There haven't been any Democratic policies. You said so yourself. You said Obama just continued Bush's policies.

 

[NYcarbineer]

If any of you think it's a good thing, tell us why.

It is neither good nor bad. Pretty simple concept. here lets play your stupid game.....

Seize all their wealth and distribute it to the supposed poor. Now explain in 2 years or less where you will get the next wealth to distribute when the poor have spent all that?

No. How about the working class makes a little more? How about the guy raising a family, working fulltime, makes 50,000 a year instead of 40,000? How about the minimum wage is 10 bucks instead of 8? How about companies operating in foreign countries paying labor pennies an hour have to pay a tariff to get goods into the US market?

None of that has anything to do with rich people being rich. You want certain laws passed talk to your Congress critters. Instead of trying to claim the simple fact a rich person has more then you is bad.

It has everything to do with the rich being that rich because every dollar a rich man acquires is a dollar that can't go somewhere else.

Ah there it is. The fallacy of the fixed pie. The idea that if someone else has a dollar I dont have it. And that's bad.
It is a fallacy, right? You understand that if the rich person doesnt have that dollar no one will have that dollar. Right? Tell me you do so you retain some shred of respect from me.

How many companies generate an infinite amount of revenue every year?

How many companies generate a finite amount of revenue every year,

that then must be divided, LIKE A PIE, amongst the various costs, including stockholders, management, and labor?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Gee, under Reagan income inequality was much less than after 6 years of Obozo.

How come Reagan gets blamed for Obama's failed policies, even though Reagan was dead before Obama was even a name?

This is not the 80's. The economic conditions aren't comparable.

 

[The Rabbi]

Kinda hard to do it with all the regs obutthurt has put on small businesses.

Erm, so the 400 wealthiest Americans can't create more jobs because Obama extended their tax cuts? Well, then, let's cut out that tax break altogether and see if they can create more jobs that way.

OK so instead of having onerous regulations and some kind of tax relief we'll have onerous regulations AND confiscatory taxes. Brilliant!
You understand the Bush tax cuts expired, right? And growth still sucks and the middle class still has stagnating income. Why would you want to replicate failure?

3.9% GDP is not bad. Better than at just about any time during the Bush administration.

Cherry pick much? The overall growth has been sub 3%. Coming out of a recession that is horrible. And since most of that growth has concentrated at the top you get income inqueality.
Democrat polciies have directly led to rising incomes for the wealthy and stagnant incomes for everyone else. Why is this difficult to grasp?

There haven't been any Democratic policies. You said so yourself. You said Obama just continued Bush's policies.

Link to where I said that? Because I certainly never did nor would have.

 

[The Rabbi]

It is neither good nor bad. Pretty simple concept. here lets play your stupid game.....

Seize all their wealth and distribute it to the supposed poor. Now explain in 2 years or less where you will get the next wealth to distribute when the poor have spent all that?

No. How about the working class makes a little more? How about the guy raising a family, working fulltime, makes 50,000 a year instead of 40,000? How about the minimum wage is 10 bucks instead of 8? How about companies operating in foreign countries paying labor pennies an hour have to pay a tariff to get goods into the US market?

None of that has anything to do with rich people being rich. You want certain laws passed talk to your Congress critters. Instead of trying to claim the simple fact a rich person has more then you is bad.

It has everything to do with the rich being that rich because every dollar a rich man acquires is a dollar that can't go somewhere else.

Ah there it is. The fallacy of the fixed pie. The idea that if someone else has a dollar I dont have it. And that's bad.
It is a fallacy, right? You understand that if the rich person doesnt have that dollar no one will have that dollar. Right? Tell me you do so you retain some shred of respect from me.

How many companies generate an infinite amount of revenue every year?

How many companies generate a finite amount of revenue every year,

that then must be divided, LIKE A PIE, amongst the various costs, including stockholders, management, and labor?

Only if you look at any given year. But over any period wealth creation is infinite. Otherwise everyone would be earning the same salary they did 1789.

 

[The Rabbi]

Gee, under Reagan income inequality was much less than after 6 years of Obozo.

How come Reagan gets blamed for Obama's failed policies, even though Reagan was dead before Obama was even a name?

This is not the 80's. The economic conditions aren't comparable.

So why do you keep blaming Reagan for Obama's failures?