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Originally Posted by Kevin Marx
just suppose for a moment that we all are really equal at birth and then move forward.
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But we're not. Never will be. There are heirs to enormous fortunes that don't lift a finger.
If the government takes the same from the rich heir that they take from the schoolteacher, there won't be enough money to run anything.
We can't have this system which allows 400 people to have more than 1/2 the country and then expect everyone to pay the same in taxes. It can't work.
So higher taxes is one of the heavy crosses millionaires have to bear.
Or we can have socialism, I guess, where everyone has the same amount. Then nobody can bitch about having to pay more in taxes than a firefighter or special ed teacher.
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It's so hard for one person to tell another person what constitutes being "rich", or what tax rate is "too much." But I've done some math that indicates that, considering the hole this country is in, if you are earning more than a million dollars a year and are complaining about a 3.6% tax increase, then you are by definition a greedy asshole.
And let's be clear: that's 3.6% only on income above 250 grand -- your first 250, that's still on the house.
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