Thank God for Rich People

[AquaAthena]

My boss is rich, a millionaire, not where he lives today but I have been to two of his houses for dinner parties more then once. One time on the beach in San Clemente. We have had some very nice company christmas parties in South Orange county area as well. I pray my boss makes ten times as much money next year. I want his business to expand beyond belief. All that extra business means money in my pocket.

we need to end all these taxes, the personal income tax need to disappear, look how much everyone fights, one group makes it their business to know how much money we have, where we spend our money, and that group gets pissed and demands more, and more, and more of my labor, my money, taxes.

People can not handle knowing what others make, it brings out the ugliness of human nature.

Seems fascist, Narxist, for people to want and demand my labor benefit themselves.

"Seems fascist, Narxist, for people to want and demand my labor benefit themselves."

It is, but many Dems. are socialists and proud of it. And today, Steny Hoyer, D---Maryland, will try to take more money from the "death tax" ( estate tax ) than has been agreed upon by Obama and the Republicans. So if a person wants to leave their business to their children, those children will have to pay to the government 35% of their inheritance, instead of nothing, as it has been, but the Dems want that percentage to be 50%. The owner of the business has already paid taxes on the business, so the added penalty for dying, will be double taxation. Sounds really fair. I hope the Republicans walk off the floor before voting "yea" for this new and greedy attempt to "soak the rich."

"If the House Democratic leadership decides to make partisan changes, they will ensure that every American taxpayer will see a job-killing tax hike on January 1," said Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Associated Press release.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

Who would jesus whip?

The money changers

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

– Matthew 21:12-13

 

[Mr. Shaman]

it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God

....And, easier (YET) for Bernie Goldberg to be fed his "facts" (by the White Wing), than doing any (actual) research, on his own..... ​

"A couple of weeks after I did the show, I was stopped by a TV news producer who said, "Man, you really bitch-slapped Bernie Goldberg." Yeah, I did. But I have to admit, I did it a little unfairly. I ambushed Bernie, with his own book." - Al Franken

 

[Skull Pilot]

it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God

good thing god is a fiction to placate the fears of the weak minded

 

[Mr. Shaman]

it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God

A new level of liberal lunacy. LOL...now we can't even get into God's kingdom because we had a few bucks while alive. Too funny. But, hey, the damn camels finally get in! Not fair at all.

It's amazing to me that liberals even know a Bible verse.

....More-commonly-referred-to as the White Wing's Playbook.

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Deuteronomy 13:12-16

12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

Let's hear it, for Christian Terrorism!!!!!!!!!​

 

[loosecannon]

I offer a few numbers to make my case:

Did you know that the top one percent of American wage earners (adjusted gross income) pay about 38 percent of all our federal personal taxes (according to the National Taxpayer Union)? The top one percent, by the way, account for 23.5 percent of all income — a substantial amount, yes, but considerably less than 38 percent.

personal taxes don't include FICA which is 14% of a person's income up to a cap of $110K. Once you adjust for SS those in the top 2% pay a lower % of tax on income and capital gains than those in the lower 98%.

So maybe you should build a monument to the middle class who bears the biggest tax burden of all.

 

[Truthmatters]

Who would jesus whip?

The money changers

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

– Matthew 21:12-13

BUT they were the rich.

Shouldnt he have whipped the poor for being so lazy?

 

[blastoff]

it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God

A new level of liberal lunacy. LOL...now we can't even get into God's kingdom because we had a few bucks while alive. Too funny. But, hey, the damn camels finally get in! Not fair at all.

You REALLY dont know where that saying comes from?

I know it's a biblical quote and I know it's asinine in the generalized context which you use it towards us folks who've got a few bucks. Beyond that it pleases me to no end that we so easily get under the skin of folks like you. Gee, the lowly have-nots and it's always, always, the fault of the haves. Carry on.

 

[kiwiman127]

So the rich are the best people in America according to the right now.

They are our saviors and our kings to them.

They ain't kings but they sure are saviors.

I just appreciate the way they pay the majority of the taxes in this county.

God Bless em on bended knee.

In 2007, the top 1% paid 40.42 percent of federal income taxes in 2007.
economix.blogs.nytimes.com/.../top-1-paid-more-in-federal-income-taxes-than-bottom-95-in-07


In 2007, the top 1 % owned 42.7% of the nations financial wealth.
Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power

 

[Vel]

I like Rich people...I really do

They do so much for this country and ask for so little in return. The problem is that we have this nasty deficit thing. $13 trillion is a lot of money that we owe. Keeping the tax cut will add another $2 trillion to the $2 trillion we added in 2001-2010.

I would be perfectly willing to give them a tax cut once we get this nasty deficit out of the way. Rich folks are reasonable people, they understand that we should not borrow money to give them tax cuts

Just curious. What is it you think that we SHOULD borrow money for?

 

[Truthmatters]

A new level of liberal lunacy. LOL...now we can't even get into God's kingdom because we had a few bucks while alive. Too funny. But, hey, the damn camels finally get in! Not fair at all.

You REALLY dont know where that saying comes from?

I know it's a biblical quote and I know it's asinine in the generalized context which you use it towards us folks who've got a few bucks. Beyond that it pleases me to no end that we so easily get under the skin of folks like you. Gee, the lowly have-nots and it's always, always, the fault of the haves. Carry on.

Should Jesus have been whipping the poor instead?

 

[Mr. Shaman]

So the rich are the best people in America according to the right now.

They are our saviors and our kings to them.

They ain't kings but they sure are saviors.

I just appreciate the way they pay the majority of the taxes in this county.

God Bless em on bended knee.

Yeah....them....and, their socialistic-nature....after they've totally fucked-up, BIG TIME (while still pullin'-down $eriou$-fee$)!!​

"Wall Street's biggest banks, rebounding after a government bailout, are set to complete their best two years in investment banking and trading, buoyed by 2010 results likely to be the second-highest ever.

The five largest U.S. firms by investment-banking and trading revenue - Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley - will likely have a better fourth quarter than the previous two periods, driven by equity underwriting and higher volume in stock and bond trading, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Even if this quarter only matches the third, the banks' revenue will top that of any year except 2009.

The $urge has come after the five banks took a combined $135 billion from the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program and borrowed billions more from the Federal Reserve's emergency-lending facilities in late 2008 and early 2009 following the collapse of Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. Since then, the firms have benefited from low interest rates and the Fed's purchases of fixed-income securities."

Yeah.....let's hear it for hard-work.

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[Mr. Peepers]

Let me guess, the 1% would charge admission to see it and keep the proceeds, but the tax payerrs would be stuck with the bill of building it, installing it and upkeep. Just like everything else. You know that these very people you worship influence all important legislation passed, and guess what... It ain't skewed in your favor. Damn, you righties are dumb.

You keep on cheering the privitization of profit and making the debt public. Working out SO well for this country...

 

[rightwinger]

I like Rich people...I really do

They do so much for this country and ask for so little in return. The problem is that we have this nasty deficit thing. $13 trillion is a lot of money that we owe. Keeping the tax cut will add another $2 trillion to the $2 trillion we added in 2001-2010.

I would be perfectly willing to give them a tax cut once we get this nasty deficit out of the way. Rich folks are reasonable people, they understand that we should not borrow money to give them tax cuts

I agree, we should also not borrow money so that you can have a computer to post on message boards, that is an extreme luxury, posting here, the tax should go beyond money, we could turn in your computer as a tax as well, taxes do not go far enough if you can afford extra electricity to power your computer, their should be a dollar a minute tax on internet use until the dept is gone.

WTF???

 

[martybegan]

I offer a few numbers to make my case:

Did you know that the top one percent of American wage earners (adjusted gross income) pay about 38 percent of all our federal personal taxes (according to the National Taxpayer Union)? The top one percent, by the way, account for 23.5 percent of all income — a substantial amount, yes, but considerably less than 38 percent.

personal taxes don't include FICA which is 14% of a person's income up to a cap of $110K. Once you adjust for SS those in the top 2% pay a lower % of tax on income and capital gains than those in the lower 98%.

So maybe you should build a monument to the middle class who bears the biggest tax burden of all.

Its only 14% if you are self employed. For a wage earner it is half of that. And it still doesnt counter that the 1% gets 23.5% of the income, but pays 38% of the taxes.

 

[rightwinger]

I offer a few numbers to make my case:

Did you know that the top one percent of American wage earners (adjusted gross income) pay about 38 percent of all our federal personal taxes (according to the National Taxpayer Union)? The top one percent, by the way, account for 23.5 percent of all income — a substantial amount, yes, but considerably less than 38 percent.

personal taxes don't include FICA which is 14% of a person's income up to a cap of $110K. Once you adjust for SS those in the top 2% pay a lower % of tax on income and capital gains than those in the lower 98%.

So maybe you should build a monument to the middle class who bears the biggest tax burden of all.

The wealthy also get to shield a larger percentage of their earnings from taxation. 90% of the tax code is written by the wealthy.....for the wealthy

 

[rightwinger]

I like Rich people...I really do

They do so much for this country and ask for so little in return. The problem is that we have this nasty deficit thing. $13 trillion is a lot of money that we owe. Keeping the tax cut will add another $2 trillion to the $2 trillion we added in 2001-2010.

I would be perfectly willing to give them a tax cut once we get this nasty deficit out of the way. Rich folks are reasonable people, they understand that we should not borrow money to give them tax cuts

Just curious. What is it you think that we SHOULD borrow money for?

Infrastructure, medical care, education, science and technology

Beats borrowing money on a tax cut that the wealthy just keep

 

[kiwiman127]

I like Rich people...I really do

They do so much for this country and ask for so little in return. The problem is that we have this nasty deficit thing. $13 trillion is a lot of money that we owe. Keeping the tax cut will add another $2 trillion to the $2 trillion we added in 2001-2010.

I would be perfectly willing to give them a tax cut once we get this nasty deficit out of the way. Rich folks are reasonable people, they understand that we should not borrow money to give them tax cuts

Just curious. What is it you think that we SHOULD borrow money for?

Sorry for sticking my nose in your conversation with rightwinger, but I was watching Executive Vision on CNBC last night and they were discussing the high importance of the US infrastructure. It seems in the panel's mind, the US is falling way behind the rest of the world as we let our infrastructure deteriorate. It was stated and I have read this before, our infrastructure desperately needs over $2 trillion. By ignoring this, the US is sliding into a the demise of it's greatness.
One has to be impressed by the high quality and creditentials of their panel by the way.

ABOUT THE SHOW
More than a simple network of roads and rails, infrastructure is a crucial building block of capitalism. Its ingredients – energy, metals, and materials – are all traded on the stock exchange, and these trades have far-reaching impact. Governments are just now realizing that there is money to be made from trading infrastructure, making this one of the hottest markets around.

In this hour we take a look at how to trade infrastructure for profit while avoiding the potential pitfalls. In addition we examine new cities and how they’re mushrooming around meccas of technology, instead of around commercial centers as we’ve seen in the past. We will consider how public and private partnerships are laying new networks of roads and rails to service our new capitals of commerce. Finally we consider how leaders can navigate and negotiate their way through uncharted territory and how they can ensure sustainability in our ever-changing society.
Here's the link to watch this telecast: News Headlines

So, what I'd borrow $2 trillion for? The US infrastructure.

 

[Truthmatters]

Food stamps and unemployment

 

[Wry Catcher]

I have an idea for a monument in our nation’s capital. I envision a big bronze and granite statue that would honor an entire group of Americans who are true heroes, and unsung heroes at that.

It is time — no, make that long past time — to pay tribute to those this nation of ours owes a great debt; to those who give and give and give and in return get anything but our gratitude.

This is an idea whose time has finally come.

Right there, amongst the sacred national structures that honor great Americans, we need to build a shiny monument to … (this is where the drum roll would come in) The Rich – otherwise known in liberal circles as the filthy, no good, greedy, heartless rich.


President Obama compromises with Republicans and gives the wealthiest two percent of Americans a temporary respite from a tax hike and listening to the yelps of the “progressives” you’d think he just tried to shut down WikiLeaks or something.

The Left is bawling about how “we can’t afford” to give people “who don’t need it” a tax break. This argument makes perfect sense, of course – as long as income re-distribution is a central tenet in your theology. Never mind that liberals weren’t all that concerned about what we could afford when they passed a nearly trillion dollar stimulus package that didn’t stimulate very much or when they poured in billions of our tax dollars to bail out General Motors. It’s only now that they’re concerned about budgets because those nasty rich folks are getting a break. But I don’t want to pick a fight with my liberal friends over whether the wealthiest Americans “deserve” a tax break or not. I have come to praise The Rich, not to bury them.

I offer a few numbers to make my case:

Did you know that the top one percent of American wage earners (adjusted gross income) pay about 38 percent of all our federal personal taxes (according to the National Taxpayer Union)? The top one percent, by the way, account for 23.5 percent of all income — a substantial amount, yes, but considerably less than 38 percent.

Or that the top five percent pay just under 60 percent?

Or that the top ten percent pay about 70 percent of all the personal income taxes collected in this great land of ours?


Thank God for Rich People | BernardGoldberg.com

And where does the income originate? How do the very rich get rich and stay rich?