Chula Vista

Is it fair that the rich get to take advantage of loopholes to secure their millions while the blue collar working stiffs can't?

Is it fair that the rich can hire the best tax attorneys to secure their millions while the rest of us rely on H&R Block?

Is it fair that the rich can hide their millions in off-shore bank accounts while the rest of us can't?

Is it fair that the rich can pay their workers squat and have them work less than the required hours in order to avoid having to pay for health insurance and other benefits?

Is it fair that the rich can simply go bankrupt in order to secure their millions while stiffing everyone else when one of their ventures goes south?

*cough* Donald Trump *cough*

I'm really surprised about your stance on this subject Goof.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Goofle

Yes

Yes

Yes

More clarification needed

Yes

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Chula Vista

Then it's fair they get taxed in a higher bracket.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Frownland

Rich people work really hard at networking and letting everyone else do the work, we shouldn't take that away from them Chula.

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Goofle

Why?

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Chula Vista

Because it's fair.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Goofle

I'm not sure I follow. The ones you listed are individual decisions taken to protect their wealth, the other is government imposed.

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Chula Vista

I just don't think it's fair to tax a person who's making minimum wage at the same rate as someone who makes millions a year.

I'm willing to bet that I'm in a higher tax bracket that most of the people on this forum and I have no problem with that.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Goofle

So it's not good enough that you would naturally pay back more into the system if everyone was taxed at the same percentage? You also have to pay even more than that because you're being punished for working hard and making better money?

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Key

With the amount of time that you've known me, have I ever known what i'm talking about? I mean, under said it best.