Wealth and Income Inequality in the United States

[Sundial]

Well equality is not possible as there will always be differences between the man that works his ass off and gets a good education, and the man that is not serious and drinks. The man that has a good business education and owns his own business will make a profit and earn more money, while the man that drinks and screws around won't. You get what you put into it. The left has the belief they have for the past 150 years that have caused hundreds of millions to be slaughtered.

Why should the man that works hard get the same as the man that does nothing, but collects from the government?

Does Donald Trump work harder than you do? Does he work 100,000 times harder than a nurse? A plumber? A teacher?

 

[tonystewart1]

From: It's the Inequality, Stupid | Mother Jones

It's not just that the rich have a disproportionate share; it's that problem is getting worse over time.

And your solution to this "problem" is .......?

 

[DontBeStupid]

Some people are just smarter than others and can make that kind of money.

You mean people like Charlie Sheen, Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber?

 

[Sundial]

The left has the belief they have for the past 150 years that have caused hundreds of millions to be slaughtered.

Best random ass sentence I've seen in a while.

You know, it's sad... But on this board, it takes a while to figure out you're being facetious.

 

[Oddball]

Some people are just smarter than others and can make that kind of money.

You mean people like Charlie Sheen, Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber?

Nice strawman, Mr. Stupid.

Fact is that somewhere on the order of 90+% of millionaires are new money and worked their asses of to attain their wealth.

 

[DontBeStupid]

And your solution to this "problem" is .......?

Simple. Raise taxes on corporations.

Almost everyone in the bottom 60% gets their income from their job and their employer. With corporate taxes as low as they are, there is no additional incentive for a company to pay a worker more than what it would take to keep that worker. You raise taxes, and then the corp has to decide between paying more to the worker or to the government. Which do you think they will choose?

 

[ScienceRocks]

Well equality is not possible as there will always be differences between the man that works his ass off and gets a good education, and the man that is not serious and drinks. The man that has a good business education and owns his own business will make a profit and earn more money, while the man that drinks and screws around won't. You get what you put into it. The left has the belief they have for the past 150 years that have caused hundreds of millions to be slaughtered.

Why should the man that works hard get the same as the man that does nothing, but collects from the government?

Does Donald Trump work harder than you do? Does he work 100,000 times harder than a nurse? A plumber? A teacher?

No, but his family amassed that wealth and gave it to him. What right do we have to take it from him? What right do we have to tax him more then anyone else? What right did the Marxist in 1917 in the Czars russia have to do what they did? What right did Mao, Castro's Cuba or any other attempt in the past. It is a slippery slope that I sure as hell pray to god that we don't go through within the United states.

I guess his family formed a business that made a profit(billions), which means people brought the product and was rewarded with billions. The nurse, plumber, teacher gets what is the market value for what they produce or do. Is it prefect NO; hell it may not seem fair, but it is what it is.

 

[Sundial]

Some people are just smarter than others and can make that kind of money.

You mean people like Charlie Sheen, Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber?

Nice strawman, Mr. Stupid.

Fact is that somewhere on the order of 90+% of millionaires are new money and worked their asses of to attain their wealth.

Link?

 

[AmericanFirst]

Some people are just smarter than others and can make that kind of money.

You mean people like Charlie Sheen, Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber?

If they are talented and smart enough to use their talents, YES! The lazy people who sit back and collect welfare and cry because they want more of the rich mans money need to work harder.

 

[California Girl]

Got news for you, people arnt equal, some are worth more than others.

If people were equal anyone could be a supermodel.

Oh God give me strength.

Are you one of the people who are worth more than others?

When you pay income tax, you can have a say. Until then, stop fucking whining.

 

[rightwinger]

Nobody is advocating going up to the wealthy and taking their money so it can be distributed to the poor.

What has happened is that the rules of the game have been changed to make it easier for the wealthiest to accumulate more wealth, while the average working family puts in more hours for a lower standard of living

Why do we continue to subsidize the wealthy with tax breaks, incentives and government protections when all it does is enable further accumulation of wealth rather than a stimulus to the overall economy?

 

[DontBeStupid]

Fact is that somewhere on the order of 90+% of millionaires are new money and worked their asses of to attain their wealth.

heh heh Have a link proving this? Or do you just really, really want to believe it?

 

[Leweman]

Well equality is not possible as there will always be differences between the man that works his ass off and gets a good education, and the man that is not serious and drinks. The man that has a good business education and owns his own business will make a profit and earn more money, while the man that drinks and screws around won't. You get what you put into it. The left has the belief they have for the past 150 years that have caused hundreds of millions to be slaughtered.

Why should the man that works hard get the same as the man that does nothing, but collects from the government?

Does Donald Trump work harder than you do? Does he work 100,000 times harder than a nurse? A plumber? A teacher?

I think there is too much disparity in wealth but at the same time its not about if he works 100, 000 times harder, its about value. It boils down to supply and demand. He supplies something that very few people are able too. There are many nurses and plumbers and many people capable of being nurses and plumbers. There are not many Donald Trumps or Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.

 

[tonystewart1]

And your solution to this "problem" is .......?

Simple. Raise taxes on corporations.

Almost everyone in the bottom 60% gets their income from their job and their employer. With corporate taxes as low as they are, there is no additional incentive for a company to pay a worker more than what it would take to keep that worker. You raise taxes, and then the corp has to decide between paying more to the worker or to the government. Which do you think they will choose?

Good that way the left has more money to hand out for votes. Get real you cant not tax to death those who provide the jobs all of us depend on. But that is a real good disquise for wealth redistribution.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

From: It's the Inequality, Stupid | Mother Jones

It's not just that the rich have a disproportionate share; it's that problem is getting worse over time.

Unequal input, unequal output.

Don't worry, Obama will fix things.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Wow, rise of wealth inequality rises with the size of gov't. What a coincidence!

 

[BoycottTheday]

Does Donald Trump work harder than you do? Does he work 100,000 times harder than a nurse? A plumber? A teacher?

Failed logic, cause why do plumbers and teachers make more than soldiers fighting and dying for your freedom to obfuscate about all this?

 

[Oddball]

And your solution to this "problem" is .......?

Simple. Raise taxes on corporations.

Almost everyone in the bottom 60% gets their income from their job and their employer. With corporate taxes as low as they are, there is no additional incentive for a company to pay a worker more than what it would take to keep that worker. You raise taxes, and then the corp has to decide between paying more to the worker or to the government. Which do you think they will choose?

Boy, you really don't know jack schitt about economics or business accounting.

 

[DontBeStupid]

Get real you cant not tax to death those who provide the jobs all of us depend on. But that is a real good disquise for wealth redistribution.

I think I know what you're trying to say, and yes, you can tax job providers more, because job providers are companies and not people. Plus, we're talking about the profits of those companies. GE makes $5B and pays zero taxes or GE makes $5B and pays $2.5B in taxes. Which scenario lowered how much GE made? Neither.

 

[ScienceRocks]

And your solution to this "problem" is .......?

Simple. Raise taxes on corporations.

Almost everyone in the bottom 60% gets their income from their job and their employer. With corporate taxes as low as they are, there is no additional incentive for a company to pay a worker more than what it would take to keep that worker. You raise taxes, and then the corp has to decide between paying more to the worker or to the government. Which do you think they will choose?

The question comes down will the business be able to compete against markets like China, India, ect. Most likely not and they won't pay the high wages for American workers, and they have shown time and time again that they will take there business over sea's. We can't compete against China and that is why so many of our businesses have closed up shop and took there business over sea's.

The businesses are in business to make a profit from what they create(do), so raising taxes on them will just make them pass that on to the consumer. You think that rich piece of shit at the top will be taxed? No, he will rise his prices on his product, while transporting his business over sea's.

Can you tell me where I'm wrong?