Why don't you want to tax the rich?

[White 6]

That reeks of telling us the incomes of all Americans belongs to the Federal Government unless they allow us to keep some per the rules of the Feds.

No. Not really. I simply acknowledge taxes owed to support the country we live in, as being a taxpayer all my life, and not whining over taxes paid. Still I recognize the supposed progressive tax code is filled with coded set asides, for the highest income earners, not easily available to 70 to 90% of the taxpayers of the country. For those in the lowest bracket, basically paying very little, I do not advocate for greater tax rebates on money they did not pay in during the year. I would like to see greater fiscal responsibility in how the money is spent, but that, like the tax code itself is in the hands of our "elected" representatives, along with a host of lobbyists and political appointees, writing code to benefit political benefactors. I do not expect to see much change on either front.

What about you? You like everything in the tax codes, so complicated highly skilled lawyers, make very good livings, to find the best loopholes, only available to the ones that can pay them to hunt them down, or lobby other tax lawyers with whatever administration is in office at the moment to have them created, in bills too long for elected representatives to even read before voting them up or down?

Is there anything you would change in the tax code?

 

[IM2]

If it was up to class envyists like you, you’d take it all.

The ultrarich tell you peope who want them to pay their fair share, people who have class envy, and your not rich --- falls for it, while the rich rob you blind by getting tax cuts and government subsidies.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Yes they do
Until they actually spend that wealth

Your stock portfolio can triple in value but you don’t pay tax on it till you cash out

Then you don’t have that wealth yet. What are you taxing then?

 

[BackAgain]

The ultrarich tell you peope who want them to pay their fair share, people who have class envy, and your not rich --- falls for it, while the rich rob you blind by getting tax cuts and government subsidies.

He tried so hard to compose a decipherable post.

 

[tahuyaman]

The ultrarich tell you peope who want them to pay their fair share, people who have class envy, and your not rich --- falls for it, while the rich rob you blind by getting tax cuts and government subsidies.

What’s their fair share?

 

[TemplarKormac]

Consistent paranoia is a problem n the right. We spend more on the military than the other tp ten militaries on earth combined. Thats foolish. 9-11 should have taught us to stop interfering in the governments of other nations. But it didn't, and idiots ike you want us to continue making the same mistake.

Do you know that Bin Laden was once provided weapons by our government? Our government funded the Mujahedin in Afghanistan when they were fighting the Russians. It was done during Reagan. Reagan also paid Saddam.

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Thats Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with his ally, Saddam Hussein. Rumsfeld was appointed special envoy to the Middle East by President Ronald Reagan. He later had Hussein killed.

You were probably drinking Similac at the time, but you want to tell everyone what they don't know now.

The mujahideen were at first poorly equipped, and they remained decentralized throughout the war. Holding most of the countryside, they used mainly animal transport against Soviet motor transport. The quality of their arms and combat organization gradually improved, however, as a result of experience and the large quantity of arms and other war matériel shipped to the rebels, via Pakistan, by the United States and other countries. The Haqqani network, coordinated by a prominent commander of the mujahideen, became a key instrument of this foreign assistance. The mujahideen also received aid from sympathetic Muslims throughout the world, and an indeterminate number of Muslim volunteers—popularly termed “Afghan-Arabs,” regardless of their ethnicity—traveled from all parts of the world to join their war effort.

These foreign volunteers coordinated among themselves and with Muslims in their homelands through a network of their own, known as al-Qaeda (Arabic: al-Qāʿidah, “the Base”). In 1986 the mujahideen’s acquisition from the United States and Great Britain of substantial numbers of shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles enabled the mujahideen to challenge Soviet control of the air—a significant factor in the Soviets’ withdrawal early in 1989.

Mujahideen | Afghanistan, History, Meaning, & Significance | Britannica

Mujahideen, members of a number of guerrilla groups during the Afghan War (1978–92) that opposed the invading Soviet forces and eventually toppled the Afghan communist government. Rival factions thereafter fell out among themselves, precipitating the rise of one faction, the Taliban.

www.britannica.com

Hmm... give me the brief version.

 

[TemplarKormac]

What’s their fair share?

All of it.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Yes. He sure does.

Never thought I'd hear that name again.

 

[tahuyaman]

All of it.

That seems to be the case with many.

 

[TemplarKormac]

That seems to be the case with many.

Indeed.

 

[Couchpotato]

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Not sure if Mr Stockman is aware but large amounts of spending cause deficits just as easily as not taking in as much revenue. Since the US generates double the amount of tax revenue than any other country in the world, I think he might be full of shit....

 

[Missouri_Mike]

What’s their fair share?

It seems to be whatever the welfare people think is enough for them to get for nothing.

 

[rightwinger]

Naturally I disagree.

This strategy reeks of jealousy.

Strategy is you tax where the money is

 

[rightwinger]

True Dat. But what if it drops 50% like 08'? taxing unrealized gains is a moving target.

Still wealth
The claim was you pay taxes on an increase in wealth

 

[Winco]

Just how "aggressively" do you want to tax them?

MORE aggressively.
Tax the **** out of the RICH.

 

[tahuyaman]

True Dat. But what if it drops 50% like 08'? taxing unrealized gains is a moving target.

Unrealized gains are not taxed in the U.S.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Strategy is you tax where the money is

Nah. It's what is commonly referred to as stealing.

 

[leftwinger]

Still wealth
The claim was you pay taxes on an increase in wealth

Do they give you money back for a loss in wealth?

 

[rightwinger]

Let’s go with 50 percent of income above 1 million

 

[Kilroy2]

He changed his state of residence from WA to FL. You can twist irrelevant garbage around in your head all you want, but the fact remains, Bezos escaped the billionaire taxes in WA and other tax producing billionaires are going to follow. Former governor, Jay Inslee, discovered his error when he tried this garbage and Boeing threatened to move out of the state if he did. How much tax revenue is produced for the state by those Boeing employees that would not have a job? Economics is not your forte.

It seems like you like to state the obvious. Still you do miss the point

Why move from your mansion in one state to another

State Tax breaks would be a motive.



what does " he change his residence to FL mean to you. If you change your residence then the next step if you want to vote is register in the state you maintain a residence in order to vote

Your the one who is stating the obvious.

He changed his residence for tax purposes

Florida vs Washington Taxes: Income, Property & Sales 2026

Florida	Washington
Income Tax Rates & Thresholds	None	7.0% on capital gains income only
Median Income	$65,370	$89,430
Income Tax Paid On Median Household Income	$7,149	$12,442
Income After Tax Based on Median Household Income	$58,221	$76,988

Yes looking at the numbers, for tax purposes it would be prudent to move and still live in a mansion in another state.

He moved and you cannot explain why would he move. Tax breaks would be one reason. Just looking at the scale he would make the same amount of money but pay less taxes in one state.

Florida has better weather than Washington.

Pay attention to the graph as tax are less in one state.

More people and better oppertunities to increase you wealth.

Florida VS Washington ( the state)

it is not hard to see the difference