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How many of them refuse deductions so they pay more?Bullshit. There are a lot of guys like my brother who make over $400,000 a year. And a lot of them don't mind a little tax hike. They're pretty confident people. But these broke Republicans make every argument why they should pay less not more. Meanwhile we're broke and need to fix our roads.There just isn't that much wealth at the top. It would cost untold trillions to give free housing and healthcare to all and to implement the green new deal. You would only get a small fraction of that if you tried to confiscate ALL the wealth from the people at the top, and you could only do it once.Here’s how much these billionaires would pay under Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed “Make Billionaires Pay Act”:
-Jeff Bezos $42.8B
-Elon Musk $27.5B
-Mark Zuckerberg $22.8B
Stop saying “we can’t afford” Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet.
We suffer from greed, not scarcity
1. They would see it coming and move their money, and perhaps themselves, to another, friendlier nation that would welcome them and their wealth with open arms.
2. Once you've confiscated all the wealth, there's no more to confiscate and you're relegated to hitting the middle class, who always ends up getting hit anyway. This is the inevitable result of all socialistic schemes, they run out of other peoples' money, usually pretty quickly and poverty ensues for all but the Bernies at the top.
Who's lying you or Hartmann?I don't give a fuck. That's just the right wing argument for why billionaires don't pay their fair share of taxes. I know you think they pay "plenty" of taxes. And they pay more taxes in a day than I will in a lifetime. So what? We need it.Bezos has contributed to US and Global employment.He pays significantly less today than he did in 2015. Not enough. Clearly look at the debt.States used to get money from the Federal Government to help with infrastructure. But instead billionaires don't pay taxes anymore so now it's up to the people (you and me) to pay more taxes to fund the infrastructure.Meanwhile since this attitude (started with Reagan) our infrastructure is crumbling.
Which crumbling infrastructure should the feds repair, which should state and local governments fix?
So they shifted the tax burden from Musk to you, stupid.
States used to get money from the Federal Government to help with infrastructure.
Any specifics? All infrastructure?
A portion of the money? All of it?
So they shifted the tax burden from Musk to you
Musk doesn't pay taxes? Never ever?
After the Republican Great Depression, FDR put this nation back to work, in part by raising taxes on income above $3 to $4 million a year (in today's dollars) to 91 percent, and corporate taxes to over 50% of profits. The revenue from those income taxes built dams, roads, bridges, sewers, water systems, schools, hospitals, train stations, railways, an interstate highway system, and airports. It educated a generation returning from World War II. It acted as a cap on the rare but occasional obsessively greedy person taking so much out of the economy that it impoverished the rest of us.
Through the 1950s, though, more and more loopholes for the rich were built into the tax code, so much so that JFK observed in his second debate with Richard Nixon that dropping the top tax rate to 70% but tightening up the loopholes would actually be a tax increase.
JFK pushed through that tax increase to take us back toward FDR/Truman/Eisenhower revenue levels, and we continued to build infrastructure in the US, and even put men on the moon. Health care and college were cheap and widely available. Working people could raise a family and have security in their old age. Every billion dollars (a half-week in Iraq) invested in infrastructure in America created 47,000 good-paying jobs as Americans built America.
But the rich fought back, and won big-time in 1980 when Reagan, until then the fringe "Voodoo economics" candidate who was heading into the election trailing far behind Jimmy Carter, was swept into the White House on a wave of public concern of the Iranians taking US hostages. Reagan promptly cut income taxes on the very rich from 70% down to 27%. Corporate tax rates were also cut so severely that they went from representing over 33% of total federal tax receipts in 1951 to less than 9% in 1983 (they're still in that neighborhood, the lowest in the industrialized world).
The result was devastating. Our government was suddenly so badly awash in red ink that Reagan doubled the tax paid only by people earning less than $40,000/year (FICA), and then began borrowing from the huge surplus this new tax was accumulating in the Social Security Trust Fund. Even with that, Reagan had to borrow more money in his 8 years than the sum total of all presidents from George Washington to Jimmy Carter combined.
In addition to badly throwing the nation into debt, Reagan's tax cut blew out the ceiling on the accumulation of wealth, leading to a new Gilded Age and the rise of a generation of super-wealthy that hadn't been seen since the Robber Baron era of the 1890s or the Roaring 20s.
And, most tragically, Reagan's tax cuts caused America to stop investing in infrastructure.
Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts
Our bridges are falling apart (among other things), and its Ronald Reagan's fault. A few hours before the bridge collapsed in Minnesota, a news release landed (among hundreds) in my email inbox. It was from the right-wing "Heartland Institute" and a Minnesota conservative group calling itself...www.commondreams.org
The result was devastating. Our government was suddenly so badly awash in red ink that Reagan doubled the tax paid only by people earning less than $40,000/year (FICA),
Bullshit. Reagan didn't double the FICA tax.
and then began borrowing from the huge surplus this new tax was accumulating in the Social Security Trust Fund.
Geez, I thought Hartmann was a moron, thanks for posting the proof.
Before Reagan, what was the Trust Fund invested in? DURR
The Mostly Forgotten Tax Increases of 1982-1993
Something had to make up for the financial hole created by Reagan's famous cuts.www.bloomberg.com
The Economic Recovery Act of 1981, also known as the Reagan tax cuts, was the biggest reduction in U.S. taxes of the past 70 years, possibly even the biggest ever. 1 That much is reasonably well-known.
What is less well-known is that these cuts were then followed by a series of tax increases that, if you add them all together, were almost as big as or even bigger than the 1981 cuts, depending on the measure you use.
I could either take your word for it or these sources. You've provided nothing.
The 1980s tax increases are less well-known, in part because they didn't involve increases in individual income tax rates. The biggest, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, increased revenue mainly by tightening up rules on depreciation, leasing, contract accounting and investment tax credits. The Social Security Amendments of 1983 sped up planned increases in payroll tax rates, among other things. The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 changed rules on interest exclusions, income averaging and such. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 closed a few loopholes and extended a telephone excise tax. And the Tax Reform Act of 1986, while it lowered the top individual income tax rate to 28 percent from 50 percent, contained enough offsetting changes that, for the first two years after enactment, it raised tax revenue.
In 1983 Reagan instituted a payroll tax increase on Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance. In 1984 another bill was introduced that closed tax loopholes. According to tax historian Joseph Thorndike, the bills of 1982 and 1984 "constituted the biggest tax increase ever enacted during peacetime".
With the help of Alan Greenspan, Reagan pulled off one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated against the American people.
Instead of being a proud day for America, April 20, 1983, has become a day of shame. The Social Security Amendments of 1983 laid the foundation for 30-years of federal embezzlement of Social Security money in order to use the money to pay for wars, tax cuts and other government programs.
The payroll tax hike of 1983 generated a total of $2.7 trillion in surplus Social Security revenue. This surplus revenue was supposed to be saved and invested in marketable U.S. Treasury bonds that would be held in the trust fund until the baby boomers began to retire in about 2010. But not one dime of that money went to Social Security.
Ronald Reagan And The Great Social Security Heist | FedSmith.com
The author says that the Social Security amendments passed under Reagan's presidency laid the foundation for 30 years of embezzlement of the trust funds.www.fedsmith.com
I think it's you who's lying. Or ignorant.
Who cares. Look at all this defense you put up when we discuss taxing billionaires more. I just pointed out that 3 out of 4 billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket since Corona. We claimed even before corona their unchecked wealth and power over our government was a problem even before this. And Trump gave them tax breaks in 2018? Totally unnecessary. It's as if you want the government to go bankrupt. How will that help you anarchists?Don't you know?He pays significantly less today than he did in 2015.
What was his income in 2015? What is his income today?
You made a claim......you don't know?
All that. It proves Reagan was no good for middle class Americans.Who's lying you or Hartmann?I don't give a fuck. That's just the right wing argument for why billionaires don't pay their fair share of taxes. I know you think they pay "plenty" of taxes. And they pay more taxes in a day than I will in a lifetime. So what? We need it.Bezos has contributed to US and Global employment.He pays significantly less today than he did in 2015. Not enough. Clearly look at the debt.States used to get money from the Federal Government to help with infrastructure. But instead billionaires don't pay taxes anymore so now it's up to the people (you and me) to pay more taxes to fund the infrastructure.Meanwhile since this attitude (started with Reagan) our infrastructure is crumbling.
Which crumbling infrastructure should the feds repair, which should state and local governments fix?
So they shifted the tax burden from Musk to you, stupid.
States used to get money from the Federal Government to help with infrastructure.
Any specifics? All infrastructure?
A portion of the money? All of it?
So they shifted the tax burden from Musk to you
Musk doesn't pay taxes? Never ever?
After the Republican Great Depression, FDR put this nation back to work, in part by raising taxes on income above $3 to $4 million a year (in today's dollars) to 91 percent, and corporate taxes to over 50% of profits. The revenue from those income taxes built dams, roads, bridges, sewers, water systems, schools, hospitals, train stations, railways, an interstate highway system, and airports. It educated a generation returning from World War II. It acted as a cap on the rare but occasional obsessively greedy person taking so much out of the economy that it impoverished the rest of us.
Through the 1950s, though, more and more loopholes for the rich were built into the tax code, so much so that JFK observed in his second debate with Richard Nixon that dropping the top tax rate to 70% but tightening up the loopholes would actually be a tax increase.
JFK pushed through that tax increase to take us back toward FDR/Truman/Eisenhower revenue levels, and we continued to build infrastructure in the US, and even put men on the moon. Health care and college were cheap and widely available. Working people could raise a family and have security in their old age. Every billion dollars (a half-week in Iraq) invested in infrastructure in America created 47,000 good-paying jobs as Americans built America.
But the rich fought back, and won big-time in 1980 when Reagan, until then the fringe "Voodoo economics" candidate who was heading into the election trailing far behind Jimmy Carter, was swept into the White House on a wave of public concern of the Iranians taking US hostages. Reagan promptly cut income taxes on the very rich from 70% down to 27%. Corporate tax rates were also cut so severely that they went from representing over 33% of total federal tax receipts in 1951 to less than 9% in 1983 (they're still in that neighborhood, the lowest in the industrialized world).
The result was devastating. Our government was suddenly so badly awash in red ink that Reagan doubled the tax paid only by people earning less than $40,000/year (FICA), and then began borrowing from the huge surplus this new tax was accumulating in the Social Security Trust Fund. Even with that, Reagan had to borrow more money in his 8 years than the sum total of all presidents from George Washington to Jimmy Carter combined.
In addition to badly throwing the nation into debt, Reagan's tax cut blew out the ceiling on the accumulation of wealth, leading to a new Gilded Age and the rise of a generation of super-wealthy that hadn't been seen since the Robber Baron era of the 1890s or the Roaring 20s.
And, most tragically, Reagan's tax cuts caused America to stop investing in infrastructure.
Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts
Our bridges are falling apart (among other things), and its Ronald Reagan's fault. A few hours before the bridge collapsed in Minnesota, a news release landed (among hundreds) in my email inbox. It was from the right-wing "Heartland Institute" and a Minnesota conservative group calling itself...
The result was devastating. Our government was suddenly so badly awash in red ink that Reagan doubled the tax paid only by people earning less than $40,000/year (FICA),
Bullshit. Reagan didn't double the FICA tax.
and then began borrowing from the huge surplus this new tax was accumulating in the Social Security Trust Fund.
Geez, I thought Hartmann was a moron, thanks for posting the proof.
Before Reagan, what was the Trust Fund invested in? DURR
The Mostly Forgotten Tax Increases of 1982-1993
Something had to make up for the financial hole created by Reagan's famous cuts.
The Economic Recovery Act of 1981, also known as the Reagan tax cuts, was the biggest reduction in U.S. taxes of the past 70 years, possibly even the biggest ever. 1 That much is reasonably well-known.
What is less well-known is that these cuts were then followed by a series of tax increases that, if you add them all together, were almost as big as or even bigger than the 1981 cuts, depending on the measure you use.
I could either take your word for it or these sources. You've provided nothing.
The 1980s tax increases are less well-known, in part because they didn't involve increases in individual income tax rates. The biggest, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, increased revenue mainly by tightening up rules on depreciation, leasing, contract accounting and investment tax credits. The Social Security Amendments of 1983 sped up planned increases in payroll tax rates, among other things. The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 changed rules on interest exclusions, income averaging and such. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 closed a few loopholes and extended a telephone excise tax. And the Tax Reform Act of 1986, while it lowered the top individual income tax rate to 28 percent from 50 percent, contained enough offsetting changes that, for the first two years after enactment, it raised tax revenue.
Who's lying you or Hartmann?
Hartmann.
Thanks for the link.
Was it supposed to prove Reagan doubled FICA? Or that he didn't?
Or that Reagan was the first to "borrow from the Trust Fund"?
Wait a minute. One minute you cons say both parties have stolen from the SS fund. Now you're saying one side never did?In 1983 Reagan instituted a payroll tax increase on Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance. In 1984 another bill was introduced that closed tax loopholes. According to tax historian Joseph Thorndike, the bills of 1982 and 1984 "constituted the biggest tax increase ever enacted during peacetime".
With the help of Alan Greenspan, Reagan pulled off one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated against the American people.
Instead of being a proud day for America, April 20, 1983, has become a day of shame. The Social Security Amendments of 1983 laid the foundation for 30-years of federal embezzlement of Social Security money in order to use the money to pay for wars, tax cuts and other government programs.
The payroll tax hike of 1983 generated a total of $2.7 trillion in surplus Social Security revenue. This surplus revenue was supposed to be saved and invested in marketable U.S. Treasury bonds that would be held in the trust fund until the baby boomers began to retire in about 2010. But not one dime of that money went to Social Security.
Ronald Reagan And The Great Social Security Heist | FedSmith.com
The author says that the Social Security amendments passed under Reagan's presidency laid the foundation for 30 years of embezzlement of the trust funds.
I think it's you who's lying. Or ignorant.
With the help of Alan Greenspan, Reagan pulled off one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated against the American people.
By stopping Social Security from going broke? LOL!
The Social Security Amendments of 1983 laid the foundation for 30-years of federal embezzlement of Social Security money in order to use the money to pay for wars, tax cuts and other government programs.
The Social Security Trust Fund shouldn't buy US Treasuries?
Should they invest in the stock market? Set up private, individual accounts?
The payroll tax hike of 1983 generated a total of $2.7 trillion in surplus Social Security revenue. This surplus revenue was supposed to be saved and invested in marketable U.S. Treasury bonds that would be held in the trust fund
Almost......it was invested in non-marketable U.S. Treasury bonds that are held in the trust fund.
But not one dime of that money went to Social Security.
Where did it go? LOL!
I think it's you who's lying. Or ignorant.
Only because you're an idiot. Or ignorant.
How many of them refuse deductions so they pay more?Bullshit. There are a lot of guys like my brother who make over $400,000 a year. And a lot of them don't mind a little tax hike. They're pretty confident people. But these broke Republicans make every argument why they should pay less not more. Meanwhile we're broke and need to fix our roads.There just isn't that much wealth at the top. It would cost untold trillions to give free housing and healthcare to all and to implement the green new deal. You would only get a small fraction of that if you tried to confiscate ALL the wealth from the people at the top, and you could only do it once.Here’s how much these billionaires would pay under Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed “Make Billionaires Pay Act”:
-Jeff Bezos $42.8B
-Elon Musk $27.5B
-Mark Zuckerberg $22.8B
Stop saying “we can’t afford” Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet.
We suffer from greed, not scarcity
1. They would see it coming and move their money, and perhaps themselves, to another, friendlier nation that would welcome them and their wealth with open arms.
2. Once you've confiscated all the wealth, there's no more to confiscate and you're relegated to hitting the middle class, who always ends up getting hit anyway. This is the inevitable result of all socialistic schemes, they run out of other peoples' money, usually pretty quickly and poverty ensues for all but the Bernies at the top.
And let's talk about this "little tax hike". How much of a tax increase do you think needs to be put on those making 400K/year that would allow us to "fix our roads"? Be precise.
In 1983 Reagan instituted a payroll tax increase on Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance. In 1984 another bill was introduced that closed tax loopholes. According to tax historian Joseph Thorndike, the bills of 1982 and 1984 "constituted the biggest tax increase ever enacted during peacetime".
With the help of Alan Greenspan, Reagan pulled off one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated against the American people.
Instead of being a proud day for America, April 20, 1983, has become a day of shame. The Social Security Amendments of 1983 laid the foundation for 30-years of federal embezzlement of Social Security money in order to use the money to pay for wars, tax cuts and other government programs.
The payroll tax hike of 1983 generated a total of $2.7 trillion in surplus Social Security revenue. This surplus revenue was supposed to be saved and invested in marketable U.S. Treasury bonds that would be held in the trust fund until the baby boomers began to retire in about 2010. But not one dime of that money went to Social Security.
Ronald Reagan And The Great Social Security Heist | FedSmith.com
The author says that the Social Security amendments passed under Reagan's presidency laid the foundation for 30 years of embezzlement of the trust funds.
I think it's you who's lying. Or ignorant.
With the help of Alan Greenspan, Reagan pulled off one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated against the American people.
By stopping Social Security from going broke? LOL!
The Social Security Amendments of 1983 laid the foundation for 30-years of federal embezzlement of Social Security money in order to use the money to pay for wars, tax cuts and other government programs.
The Social Security Trust Fund shouldn't buy US Treasuries?
Should they invest in the stock market? Set up private, individual accounts?
The payroll tax hike of 1983 generated a total of $2.7 trillion in surplus Social Security revenue. This surplus revenue was supposed to be saved and invested in marketable U.S. Treasury bonds that would be held in the trust fund
Almost......it was invested in non-marketable U.S. Treasury bonds that are held in the trust fund.
But not one dime of that money went to Social Security.
Where did it go? LOL!
I think it's you who's lying. Or ignorant.
Only because you're an idiot. Or ignorant.
They need to go after the illegal employers. The people hiring the illegal workers. Going after illegal workers won't work if companies aren't afraid to hire them they'll just keep on coming wall or no wall.Business entities that contribute to US unemployment should be punished.YesI like Bernie Sanders plan...And Billionaires should be taxed more. I don't even think they care. Only you right wing cons want to protect/defend their fortunes. Even when that means eventually they'll have to raise your taxes and cut your social security/Medicare.Apparently, Elon is a better salesman than you.Elon has tripled his net worth since Corona. TRIPLED. Wake up middle class AmericHere’s how much these billionaires would pay under Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed “Make Billionaires Pay Act”:
-Jeff Bezos $42.8B
-Elon Musk $27.5B
-Mark Zuckerberg $22.8B
Stop saying “we can’t afford” Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet.
We suffer from greed, not scarcity
The Pandemic Has Benefited One Group Of People: Billionaires
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.www.huffpost.com
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
So you are crying about taxing Elon Musk 27 billion? Are you retarded?
I'm a fan of Tesla but has Musk made a profit on anything yet?
How Rich is Too Rich For Democracy?
At what point does great wealth held in a few hands actually harm democracy, threatening to turn a democratic republic into an oligarchy? It's a debate we haven't had freely and openly in this nation for nearly a century, and last week, by voting to end the Estate Tax, House Republicans tried to...
You're fighting us liberals meanwhile the billionaires are WINNING.
Citizens United is another bad move towards the rich controlling our government with their influence. No one can defend this can they?
Tax business at 75% if they off-shore and/or use Business Visas.
Do you agree?
No. Typical lefty, taxation as punishment, not taxation as a funding source.
What about a government that contributes to unemployment by continuing to allow low skilled labor to flood the market?
Before he became president he screwed over so many small business owners you got to be kidding me with this.TRUMP! employs thousands of people. Instead of being idle, he put the money he had to work paying people, building things and moving goods. If you don't like it that he made a lot of money by doing so, complain at the people he hired and paid to do constructive work. I prefer his approach to Paris Hilton's because he puts a lot of people to work, but I even like hers, because she can pump more money into the economy on a single shopping trip than I do in 6 months. And I begrudge neither for their wealth.Right, like I should feel sorry for billionaires like Bezos who only get to keep $40 BILLION DOLLARS instead of something like $70 billion. Such poor poor poor billionaires!
Why do you think you' or anyone else is entitled to someone else's work and dreams?
This should be interesting
What makes you think you or anyone else is entitled to use and benefit from the infrastructures and markets of America, built by the blood and sweat of its citizens through over 200 years without paying your fair share of taxes?
What uneducated remark will you be coming back with? - This should be disgusting.
You nor anyyone else is entitled.
Embrace capitalism, make something of yourself instead of expecting to be taken care of. All those infrastructures and markets are available for you also....unless you're too stupid or lazy to make your own way
My guess is the stupid part
And dumb drooling idiots like you always fall back to the rhetoric spoon fed to you by the rich. Did a billionaire like ugly Trump work a 1000 times harder or a 1000 times smarter than an average plumber Joe? Of course not, that would be impossible. His wealth was entirely determined by how much his daddy gave him to start with. Wealth determines wealth, and dumb drooling working class Republicans don't see that they are being used as slaves.
I simply don't care how much he earned or what taxes he paid. That's between him, his army of tax attorneys and the IRS. My point is that you have no idea how much things cost and believe in fairy tales that you can simply tax the rich more and afford all the goodies you want for free, but there just isn't enough money at the top to fund the trillions needed for that. If you went after the people at the top, some things will happen:How many of them refuse deductions so they pay more?Bullshit. There are a lot of guys like my brother who make over $400,000 a year. And a lot of them don't mind a little tax hike. They're pretty confident people. But these broke Republicans make every argument why they should pay less not more. Meanwhile we're broke and need to fix our roads.There just isn't that much wealth at the top. It would cost untold trillions to give free housing and healthcare to all and to implement the green new deal. You would only get a small fraction of that if you tried to confiscate ALL the wealth from the people at the top, and you could only do it once.Here’s how much these billionaires would pay under Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed “Make Billionaires Pay Act”:
-Jeff Bezos $42.8B
-Elon Musk $27.5B
-Mark Zuckerberg $22.8B
Stop saying “we can’t afford” Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet.
We suffer from greed, not scarcity
1. They would see it coming and move their money, and perhaps themselves, to another, friendlier nation that would welcome them and their wealth with open arms.
2. Once you've confiscated all the wealth, there's no more to confiscate and you're relegated to hitting the middle class, who always ends up getting hit anyway. This is the inevitable result of all socialistic schemes, they run out of other peoples' money, usually pretty quickly and poverty ensues for all but the Bernies at the top.
And let's talk about this "little tax hike". How much of a tax increase do you think needs to be put on those making 400K/year that would allow us to "fix our roads"? Be precise.
Whatever it is people who make that much will deal with it. In fact my brother voted for it and he makes over $500K a year.
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
So you are crying about taxing Elon Musk 27 billion? Are you retarded?
Which means nothing to what I said. TRUMP! employs thousands of people. Fact. He could have Paris HIltoned his money but didn't. Fact. You don't like it, tough.Before he became president he screwed over so many small business owners you got to be kidding me with this.TRUMP! employs thousands of people. Instead of being idle, he put the money he had to work paying people, building things and moving goods. If you don't like it that he made a lot of money by doing so, complain at the people he hired and paid to do constructive work. I prefer his approach to Paris Hilton's because he puts a lot of people to work, but I even like hers, because she can pump more money into the economy on a single shopping trip than I do in 6 months. And I begrudge neither for their wealth.Right, like I should feel sorry for billionaires like Bezos who only get to keep $40 BILLION DOLLARS instead of something like $70 billion. Such poor poor poor billionaires!
Why do you think you' or anyone else is entitled to someone else's work and dreams?
This should be interesting
What makes you think you or anyone else is entitled to use and benefit from the infrastructures and markets of America, built by the blood and sweat of its citizens through over 200 years without paying your fair share of taxes?
What uneducated remark will you be coming back with? - This should be disgusting.
You nor anyyone else is entitled.
Embrace capitalism, make something of yourself instead of expecting to be taken care of. All those infrastructures and markets are available for you also....unless you're too stupid or lazy to make your own way
My guess is the stupid part
And dumb drooling idiots like you always fall back to the rhetoric spoon fed to you by the rich. Did a billionaire like ugly Trump work a 1000 times harder or a 1000 times smarter than an average plumber Joe? Of course not, that would be impossible. His wealth was entirely determined by how much his daddy gave him to start with. Wealth determines wealth, and dumb drooling working class Republicans don't see that they are being used as slaves.
He's conning you guys. Trump opened his reelection campaign the day he took office in 2017, and so far has raised over $1.2 billion — but apparently has so little on hand that he is still holding in-person fundraisers with less than three weeks to go before Election Day. Trump is hosting a reception at his Doral golf course on Thursday evening, with requested donations ranging from $5,000 per person to $100,000 per couple.
The choice of location also means Trump will be able to funnel at least tens of thousands of those dollars raised back into his own cash registers through room rental and catering fees.
A HuffPost analysis of Federal Election Commission filings shows that Trump’s campaign and committees under his control have already spent $1,368,579 at his financially troubled golf resort near Miami’s airport since he became president.
Trump’s campaign has spent lavishly on salaries and fees for its top officials and consultants. It has also funneled a total of $7 million back to Trump’s various businesses and has been secretly paying the girlfriend of one Trump son and the wife of another $15,000 a month, keeping those payments off of FEC records where they can be seen by donors and the public.
Having Burned Through $1 Billion Already, Trump Still Doing In-Person Fundraising
Trump is hosting a $100,000-per-couple fundraiser at his Doral golf course Thursday, letting him divert some donors' money back into his own pocket.
They need to go after the illegal employers. The people hiring the illegal workers. Going after illegal workers won't work if companies aren't afraid to hire them they'll just keep on coming wall or no wall.Business entities that contribute to US unemployment should be punished.YesI like Bernie Sanders plan...And Billionaires should be taxed more. I don't even think they care. Only you right wing cons want to protect/defend their fortunes. Even when that means eventually they'll have to raise your taxes and cut your social security/Medicare.Apparently, Elon is a better salesman than you.Elon has tripled his net worth since Corona. TRIPLED. Wake up middle class AmericHere’s how much these billionaires would pay under Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed “Make Billionaires Pay Act”:
-Jeff Bezos $42.8B
-Elon Musk $27.5B
-Mark Zuckerberg $22.8B
Stop saying “we can’t afford” Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet.
We suffer from greed, not scarcityThe Pandemic Has Benefited One Group Of People: Billionaires
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
So you are crying about taxing Elon Musk 27 billion? Are you retarded?
I'm a fan of Tesla but has Musk made a profit on anything yet?
How Rich is Too Rich For Democracy?
At what point does great wealth held in a few hands actually harm democracy, threatening to turn a democratic republic into an oligarchy? It's a debate we haven't had freely and openly in this nation for nearly a century, and last week, by voting to end the Estate Tax, House Republicans tried to...
You're fighting us liberals meanwhile the billionaires are WINNING.
Citizens United is another bad move towards the rich controlling our government with their influence. No one can defend this can they?
Tax business at 75% if they off-shore and/or use Business Visas.
Do you agree?
No. Typical lefty, taxation as punishment, not taxation as a funding source.
What about a government that contributes to unemployment by continuing to allow low skilled labor to flood the market?
Who cares. Look at all this defense you put up when we discuss taxing billionaires more. I just pointed out that 3 out of 4 billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket since Corona. We claimed even before corona their unchecked wealth and power over our government was a problem even before this. And Trump gave them tax breaks in 2018? Totally unnecessary. It's as if you want the government to go bankrupt. How will that help you anarchists?Don't you know?He pays significantly less today than he did in 2015.
What was his income in 2015? What is his income today?
You made a claim......you don't know?
All that. It proves Reagan was no good for middle class Americans.
Here’s how much these billionaires would pay under Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed “Make Billionaires Pay Act”:
-Jeff Bezos $42.8B
-Elon Musk $27.5B
-Mark Zuckerberg $22.8B
Stop saying “we can’t afford” Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet.
We suffer from greed, not scarcity
Wait a minute. One minute you cons say both parties have stolen from the SS fund. Now you're saying one side never did?
They need to go after the illegal employers. The people hiring the illegal workers. Going after illegal workers won't work if companies aren't afraid to hire them they'll just keep on coming wall or no wall.Business entities that contribute to US unemployment should be punished.YesI like Bernie Sanders plan...And Billionaires should be taxed more. I don't even think they care. Only you right wing cons want to protect/defend their fortunes. Even when that means eventually they'll have to raise your taxes and cut your social security/Medicare.Apparently, Elon is a better salesman than you.Elon has tripled his net worth since Corona. TRIPLED. Wake up middle class AmericHere’s how much these billionaires would pay under Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed “Make Billionaires Pay Act”:
-Jeff Bezos $42.8B
-Elon Musk $27.5B
-Mark Zuckerberg $22.8B
Stop saying “we can’t afford” Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet.
We suffer from greed, not scarcityThe Pandemic Has Benefited One Group Of People: Billionaires
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
So you are crying about taxing Elon Musk 27 billion? Are you retarded?
I'm a fan of Tesla but has Musk made a profit on anything yet?
How Rich is Too Rich For Democracy?
At what point does great wealth held in a few hands actually harm democracy, threatening to turn a democratic republic into an oligarchy? It's a debate we haven't had freely and openly in this nation for nearly a century, and last week, by voting to end the Estate Tax, House Republicans tried to...
You're fighting us liberals meanwhile the billionaires are WINNING.
Citizens United is another bad move towards the rich controlling our government with their influence. No one can defend this can they?
Tax business at 75% if they off-shore and/or use Business Visas.
Do you agree?
No. Typical lefty, taxation as punishment, not taxation as a funding source.
What about a government that contributes to unemployment by continuing to allow low skilled labor to flood the market?
Who cares. Look at all this defense you put up when we discuss taxing billionaires more. I just pointed out that 3 out of 4 billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket since Corona. We claimed even before corona their unchecked wealth and power over our government was a problem even before this. And Trump gave them tax breaks in 2018? Totally unnecessary. It's as if you want the government to go bankrupt. How will that help you anarchists?Don't you know?He pays significantly less today than he did in 2015.
What was his income in 2015? What is his income today?
You made a claim......you don't know?
Who cares.
You were the one whining about his lower payment today, apparently you care.
I just pointed out that 3 out of 4 billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket since Corona.
Who cares? They own stocks, stocks have mostly gone up.
We claimed even before corona their unchecked wealth and power over our government was a problem even before this.
Yes, your constant push for reducing the size and scope of government was refreshing.
And Trump gave them tax breaks in 2018?
Me too.
They need to go after the illegal employers. The people hiring the illegal workers. Going after illegal workers won't work if companies aren't afraid to hire them they'll just keep on coming wall or no wall.Business entities that contribute to US unemployment should be punished.YesI like Bernie Sanders plan...And Billionaires should be taxed more. I don't even think they care. Only you right wing cons want to protect/defend their fortunes. Even when that means eventually they'll have to raise your taxes and cut your social security/Medicare.Apparently, Elon is a better salesman than you.Elon has tripled his net worth since Corona. TRIPLED. Wake up middle class AmericHere’s how much these billionaires would pay under Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed “Make Billionaires Pay Act”:
-Jeff Bezos $42.8B
-Elon Musk $27.5B
-Mark Zuckerberg $22.8B
Stop saying “we can’t afford” Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet.
We suffer from greed, not scarcityThe Pandemic Has Benefited One Group Of People: Billionaires
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
So you are crying about taxing Elon Musk 27 billion? Are you retarded?
I'm a fan of Tesla but has Musk made a profit on anything yet?
How Rich is Too Rich For Democracy?
At what point does great wealth held in a few hands actually harm democracy, threatening to turn a democratic republic into an oligarchy? It's a debate we haven't had freely and openly in this nation for nearly a century, and last week, by voting to end the Estate Tax, House Republicans tried to...
You're fighting us liberals meanwhile the billionaires are WINNING.
Citizens United is another bad move towards the rich controlling our government with their influence. No one can defend this can they?
Tax business at 75% if they off-shore and/or use Business Visas.
Do you agree?
No. Typical lefty, taxation as punishment, not taxation as a funding source.
What about a government that contributes to unemployment by continuing to allow low skilled labor to flood the market?
go after the supply and the demand. but going after the employers to a degree of putting them out of business stops them from employing anyone, so it makes more sense to go after the supply
Who cares. Look at all this defense you put up when we discuss taxing billionaires more. I just pointed out that 3 out of 4 billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket since Corona. We claimed even before corona their unchecked wealth and power over our government was a problem even before this. And Trump gave them tax breaks in 2018? Totally unnecessary. It's as if you want the government to go bankrupt. How will that help you anarchists?Don't you know?He pays significantly less today than he did in 2015.
What was his income in 2015? What is his income today?
You made a claim......you don't know?
Who cares.
You were the one whining about his lower payment today, apparently you care.
I just pointed out that 3 out of 4 billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket since Corona.
Who cares? They own stocks, stocks have mostly gone up.
We claimed even before corona their unchecked wealth and power over our government was a problem even before this.
Yes, your constant push for reducing the size and scope of government was refreshing.
And Trump gave them tax breaks in 2018?
Me too.
Stocks have gone up for one reason. Billions interjected
They need to go after the illegal employers. The people hiring the illegal workers. Going after illegal workers won't work if companies aren't afraid to hire them they'll just keep on coming wall or no wall.Business entities that contribute to US unemployment should be punished.YesI like Bernie Sanders plan...And Billionaires should be taxed more. I don't even think they care. Only you right wing cons want to protect/defend their fortunes. Even when that means eventually they'll have to raise your taxes and cut your social security/Medicare.Apparently, Elon is a better salesman than you.Elon has tripled his net worth since Corona. TRIPLED. Wake up middle class AmericHere’s how much these billionaires would pay under Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed “Make Billionaires Pay Act”:
-Jeff Bezos $42.8B
-Elon Musk $27.5B
-Mark Zuckerberg $22.8B
Stop saying “we can’t afford” Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet.
We suffer from greed, not scarcityThe Pandemic Has Benefited One Group Of People: Billionaires
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic.
So you are crying about taxing Elon Musk 27 billion? Are you retarded?
I'm a fan of Tesla but has Musk made a profit on anything yet?
How Rich is Too Rich For Democracy?
At what point does great wealth held in a few hands actually harm democracy, threatening to turn a democratic republic into an oligarchy? It's a debate we haven't had freely and openly in this nation for nearly a century, and last week, by voting to end the Estate Tax, House Republicans tried to...
You're fighting us liberals meanwhile the billionaires are WINNING.
Citizens United is another bad move towards the rich controlling our government with their influence. No one can defend this can they?
Tax business at 75% if they off-shore and/or use Business Visas.
Do you agree?
No. Typical lefty, taxation as punishment, not taxation as a funding source.
What about a government that contributes to unemployment by continuing to allow low skilled labor to flood the market?
go after the supply and the demand. but going after the employers to a degree of putting them out of business stops them from employing anyone, so it makes more sense to go after the supply
How's that working?
