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I know the stardard rhetorical argument from Conservatives/Republicans "why do you hate the rich?, why do you want to take money from wealthy people? all poor people want are hand-outs" and all the other "redistribution of wealth" arguments, but I've got news for you people. It's no longers just Warren Buffet saying "tax me! I'm good for it" to create jobs in America.
These promonent BILLIONAIRES are also saying "TAX ME! We want to create jobs IN AMERICA because the People want...NEED to work!" Watch these video interviews given by Barbara Walters on ABC's "20/20" of BILLIONAIRES who are saying "TAX ME! CREATE JOBS IN AMERICA!" Even they agree with the Occupiers need to put America back to work!!
Again, the Occupy Movement IS NOT anti-capitalism. It IS anti-corruption. The People just want a job and for AMERICA to get back to work!!!
I know the stardard rhetorical argument from Conservatives/Republicans "why do you hate the rich?, why do you want to take money from wealthy people? all poor people want are hand-outs" and all the other "redistribution of wealth" arguments, but I've got news for you people. It's no longers just Warren Buffet saying "tax me! I'm good for it" to create jobs in America.
These promonent BILLIONAIRES are also saying "TAX ME! We want to create jobs IN AMERICA because the People want...NEED to work!" Watch these video interviews given by Barbara Walters on ABC's "20/20" of BILLIONAIRES who are saying "TAX ME! CREATE JOBS IN AMERICA!" Even they agree with the Occupiers need to put America back to work!!
Again, the Occupy Movement IS NOT anti-capitalism. It IS anti-corruption. The People just want a job and for AMERICA to get back to work!!!
More taxes have never created jobs.
I know the stardard rhetorical argument from Conservatives/Republicans "why do you hate the rich?, why do you want to take money from wealthy people? all poor people want are hand-outs" and all the other "redistribution of wealth" arguments, but I've got news for you people. It's no longers just Warren Buffet saying "tax me! I'm good for it" to create jobs in America.
These promonent BILLIONAIRES are also saying "TAX ME! We want to create jobs IN AMERICA because the People want...NEED to work!" Watch these video interviews given by Barbara Walters on ABC's "20/20" of BILLIONAIRES who are saying "TAX ME! CREATE JOBS IN AMERICA!" Even they agree with the Occupiers need to put America back to work!!
Again, the Occupy Movement IS NOT anti-capitalism. It IS anti-corruption. The People just want a job and for AMERICA to get back to work!!!
It is hysterical to read about billionaires saying they should be taxed more. They say this after making billions, not before. Hypocrites, every one of them.
Inspiring. He certainly is a good salesman.
WRONG! Go back and review Reagan's tax policies.
Using the military industrical complex - public/private partnerships (mostly private companies getting state/federal defense contracts) AND raising the payroll tax on the middle-class - the federal government WAS able to create jobs. Now, he was wrong about the multiplier affect with trickle-down (or rather supply-side) economics believing that the overall economy as far as "spreading the wealth from the top down" would move more of the poor and the middle-class up the economic ladder and increase federal revenue. He was wrong because he gave tons of tax breaks to large corporations while taxing the poor and the middle class while also keeping wages low. As such, those at the bottom could not move upward. But, he did lay a decent foundation for job creation in this country. We just came to learn that most of the cost for these federal contracts and tax benefits were paid for on borrowed money. As such, Reagan's economic policies, when not adjusted for inflation, did increase the national debt and deficit by $3 trillion dollars under his watch.
I'm not arguing that he had the wrong idea; Reagan simply put in place best practises as used by those who came before him - Lincoln, FDR, JFK. They all used innovation through military build-up/federal initiatives to create jobs.
Lincoln - the Inter-Continnetal Railroad, the telegraph, the loom to create fabric from cotton and a host of other inventions.
FDR - the war initiative, i.e., ship building, tanks, airplanes, iron works, public works projects
JFK - NASA and the space race!
Reagan - strength through military might = defense contracts
Understand what they did and how they did it. But to believe that the government can't create jobs or that higher taxes discredit job growth is just crazy! I just illustrated four Presidents who used the federal government to do just that!
They say it because as BILLIONAIRES they know they'll never truly lose money. They have so much that even if you increase their taxes by 10% they'll still have more than enough money in profits to pay for it. Besides, they'll just find other business ventures to invest in to make still more money. If you listened to those billionaires in the interviews, you should have heard them say they want to reinvest their earnings right here in AMERICA on AMERICAN businesses that create products right here IN AMERICA! You and I both know that manufacturing has gone down in this country for years. As such, these wealthy individuals have little choice but to invest their money overseas. Doesn't it then make sense that if you want them to bring that money AND those jobs back here in the U.S., you have to create manufacturing jobs here IN AMERICA?
As one of the supporters of the Occupy movement, I WANT the 1% to increase to %5...10%...20%....25%...50%. I want more Americans to become part of the wealth class. I do envy them, but in a good way. I think most of us would be lying if we said we didn't want their oppulance. My only beef is with those who act like those investment bankers in the book, "Too Big to Fail" who fought among themselves not about what was the right thing to do to preserve the properity of the nation, but rather they fought among themselves to retain or GAIN a larger piece of the economic pie and cared less about the fate of the nation. That's what I have a problem with. That's what the Occupy movement is trying to convey to all of America.
Let's reverse this argument just for a second, however, and direct it at the poor. I don't blame all poor people for their economic situation. I know some who are poor not by their own choosing or their own doing. Some got into unforeseen accidents and have medical bills they can't afford. Some lost their jobs through no fault of their own. Some went from a two-income household to one primary bread winner; in some cases it was due to one spouse losing his/her job, in others, one wage earned left (divorce). These people I have no problem whatsoever lending a helping hand to. But those who take advantage of the entitlement system and are, in fact, lazy and don't want to work but instead purposely rely on WIC, TANF, Medicaid/SSDI - those people I do have a problem with. But make no mistake, there IS a difference between the two bottom extremes just as there is a difference between the two top extremes. Moreover, to think that laziness and addictive behavior only happens with certain demographics, i.e., Blacks, Hispanics or other minority groups alone, is just wrong! It happens with people across ALL racial divides.
Once people start viewing things not from one extreme or the other, but seek a more middle-ground point of view, then and only then I believe will this nation beging to really change.
Billionares are free to pay as much in taxes as they wish. There's no law saying that can't increase their own tax bill.
How many of them are actually doing it?
That is irrelevant to any discussion of a comprehensive tax policy for the nation and all who live in it. To say that one person can pay more if they wish to is meaningless compared to taxation policy as it applies to over 300 million people in the USA.
It's very relevant. If all these billionaires, that belief they don't pay enough taxes, would voluntarily pay more taxes, perhaps we could just leave the tax rates the way they are. If it's actually about revenue vice wealth redistribution, that is.
They say it because as BILLIONAIRES they know they'll never truly lose money. They have so much that even if you increase their taxes by 10% they'll still have more than enough money in profits to pay for it. Besides, they'll just find other business ventures to invest in to make still more money. If you listened to those billionaires in the interviews, you should have heard them say they want to reinvest their earnings right here in AMERICA on AMERICAN businesses that create products right here IN AMERICA! You and I both know that manufacturing has gone down in this country for years. As such, these wealthy individuals have little choice but to invest their money overseas. Doesn't it then make sense that if you want them to bring that money AND those jobs back here in the U.S., you have to create manufacturing jobs here IN AMERICA?
As one of the supporters of the Occupy movement, I WANT the 1% to increase to %5...10%...20%....25%...50%. I want more Americans to become part of the wealth class. I do envy them, but in a good way. I think most of us would be lying if we said we didn't want their oppulance. My only beef is with those who act like those investment bankers in the book, "Too Big to Fail" who fought among themselves not about what was the right thing to do to preserve the properity of the nation, but rather they fought among themselves to retain or GAIN a larger piece of the economic pie and cared less about the fate of the nation. That's what I have a problem with. That's what the Occupy movement is trying to convey to all of America.
Let's reverse this argument just for a second, however, and direct it at the poor. I don't blame all poor people for their economic situation. I know some who are poor not by their own choosing or their own doing. Some got into unforeseen accidents and have medical bills they can't afford. Some lost their jobs through no fault of their own. Some went from a two-income household to one primary bread winner; in some cases it was due to one spouse losing his/her job, in others, one wage earned left (divorce). These people I have no problem whatsoever lending a helping hand to. But those who take advantage of the entitlement system and are, in fact, lazy and don't want to work but instead purposely rely on WIC, TANF, Medicaid/SSDI - those people I do have a problem with. But make no mistake, there IS a difference between the two bottom extremes just as there is a difference between the two top extremes. Moreover, to think that laziness and addictive behavior only happens with certain demographics, i.e., Blacks, Hispanics or other minority groups alone, is just wrong! It happens with people across ALL racial divides.
Once people start viewing things not from one extreme or the other, but seek a more middle-ground point of view, then and only then I believe will this nation beging to really change.
Sorry but it is not. You are talking about an anthill with more than 300 million ants on it and you are focusing on why one does or does not do something. Its silly... its nonsensical ...its inconsequential and its just plain meaningless.
Billionares are free to pay as much in taxes as they wish. There's no law saying that can't increase their own tax bill.
How many of them are actually doing it?
For the gazillionth time: The government can't create jobs.
Okay...if you say so...:roll:
Billionares are free to pay as much in taxes as they wish. There's no law saying that can't increase their own tax bill.
I know the stardard rhetorical argument from Conservatives/Republicans "why do you hate the rich?, why do you want to take money from wealthy people? all poor people want are hand-outs" and all the other "redistribution of wealth" arguments, but I've got news for you people. It's no longers just Warren Buffet saying "tax me! I'm good for it" to create jobs in America.
These promonent BILLIONAIRES are also saying "TAX ME! We want to create jobs IN AMERICA because the People want...NEED to work!" Watch these video interviews given by Barbara Walters on ABC's "20/20" of BILLIONAIRES who are saying "TAX ME! CREATE JOBS IN AMERICA!" Even they agree with the Occupiers need to put America back to work!!
Again, the Occupy Movement IS NOT anti-capitalism. It IS anti-corruption. The People just want a job and for AMERICA to get back to work!!!
It's very relevant. If all these billionaires, that belief they don't pay enough taxes, would voluntarily pay more taxes, perhaps we could just leave the tax rates the way they are. If it's actually about revenue vice wealth redistribution, that is.
video no worky for me....says "clip not found"
as to the "tax me because people need work"..well, it's largely a line of bull.
how about instead of taxing you in order for the government to say they will create jobs... just go ahead and create jobs on your own without the inefficient middleman.
No, there's just a law saying that the IRS has to take exactly what you owe, no more and no less. So no, no one is actually able to increase their taxes at will.
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