The answer is simple...raise taxes on the rich. That's always the answer, right libs?

WestCoastIrishFan 17084 posts Original UHND Member

Posted 5:47 pm on Aug 16, 2022

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The answer is simple...raise taxes on the rich. That's always the answer, right libs?NTLink WestCoastIrishFan 5:47pm · 8/16/22
- Do you support a repeal of the R's last $2T tax giveaway to the wealthiest 1%?NT ND521 8:27pm · 8/16/22
  - everyone paid less federal taxes.NT WestCoastIrishFan 8:38pm · 8/16/22
    - False, almost all benefit to the 1%. Capped property/local tax deductions also hurt in many states.NTLink ND521 8:59pm · 8/16/22
      - so you’re upset that some wealthy paid more in taxes. interesting.NT WestCoastIrishFan 9:16pm · 8/16/22
    - Even some of the 1% got hammered in CA, HI, NY, NJ, DC, OR, MN, IA, VT & WI due to lost deductions.NT ND521 8:59pm · 8/16/22
- Here's another perspective.."Inequality is slowing U.S. economic growth"...I know these links Link TyroneIrish 7:56pm · 8/16/22
  - Ty... what is your worker pay utopia? Is it everyone makes the same? Is it based on value added to IrishMac 5:51pm · 8/17/22
  - Green energy is going to do as much damage to lower and middle income citizens as anything in histor WestCoastIrishFan 8:23pm · 8/16/22
    - LOL...don't give up so easily...let's hear your (substantiated) arguments as to why inequality isn't TyroneIrish 9:05pm · 8/16/22
      - why do you say it is?NT WestCoastIrishFan 9:31pm · 8/16/22
- "CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978 Typical worker compensation has risen only 12%..."Link TyroneIrish 7:26pm · 8/16/22
  - They are 940 times more valuable. Don’t kid yourself none of us could be a CEO.NT LanceManion 8:30pm · 8/16/22
    - CEOs of today are no more valuable than those of 70 years ago when the ratio of their TyroneIrish 9:00pm · 8/16/22
      - but what is their pay difference from front line workers!NT WestCoastIrishFan 9:54pm · 8/16/22
  - The USA was strong because the rest of the developed world was in ruins.NT WestCoastIrishFan 7:33pm · 8/16/22
    - Certainly a factor, but how about the 90% upper income tax bracket...didn't seem to slow us down, TyroneIrish 7:46pm · 8/16/22
      - Bbbbut Ty, 'One Percenters' only have a minimum of $11.1 million. They needed the R's last scheme.NT ND521 8:46pm · 8/16/22
      - just do some research...NTLink WestCoastIrishFan 7:54pm · 8/16/22
        
        You are not accounting for "How" CEOs have been paid over time...in the 1950s, it was a rarity for Link TyroneIrish 8:33pm · 8/16/22
        
        should an A list actor make so much more than the SAG worker running errands for said actor?NT WestCoastIrishFan 8:39pm · 8/16/22
        
        Are you opposed to a progressive tax policy?...if the A list actor can draw billions in revenue Link TyroneIrish 8:54pm · 8/16/22
        
        why do you give an a list actor a pass but not a ceo?NT WestCoastIrishFan 9:18pm · 8/16/22
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- It’s interesting that the notion that some can escape govt dependence bothers people. LanceManion 6:26pm · 8/16/22
  - .NT NedoftheHill 7:23pm · 8/16/22
  - it creates a weaker country.NT WestCoastIrishFan 6:44pm · 8/16/22

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