-
-
Re: The Shining City Upon a Hill
Sure dude. You are just pissed because I'm right. You overlooked donny boy's strange and disgusting behavior because you like to think he is on your team. Well look what your team is doing now. Just because the Dems want to implement policy that doesn't directly give money to the ultra rich they are doing everything they can to block it. That must make you sooo proud of your team. LolComment
-
Re: The Shining City Upon a Hill
So you're saying it's the government's job to make sure a successful person or business can't become any more successful? The role of a government shouldn't be to determine how rich or poor a person can become. Just because someone gets richer doesn't mean someone else gets poorer. Should we help the poor? Yes, but only under requirements that they are also trying to help themselves along the way - not just give them someone else's hard earned money. Should there be laws to prevent the rich from becoming richer illegally? Yes, but to simply take from the "rich" because someone else is poor is just not right. A lot of "rich" people got that way through hard work, why punish them for it?Comment
-
Re: The Shining City Upon a Hill
So you're saying it's the government's job to make sure a successful person or business can't become any more successful? No.
Should we help the poor? Yes, but only under requirements that they are also trying to help themselves along the way - not just give them someone else's hard earned money? Poor people often have mental or physical disabilities. Poor people often live in an area where there they is little economic opportunity except perhaps a life of crime. All gov'ts attempt to give poor people an advantage to help lift themselves out of poverty.
The USA has a very wide spread between the wealthy and the poor mostly at the expense of the shrinking middle class.
A lot of "rich" people got that way through hard work, why punish them for it? ... every gov't has the right to tax it citizens in a fair and equitable way. For a wealthy person to pay 5% more in taxes has little impact on their lifestyle. For a poor person, a 5% increase in taxes might mean they cannot pay their utility bill that month. Rich people often use tax loopholes to hold onto their wealth. President Biden's plan is to close many of those loopholes so that these people pay their fair share.
Prime example is the ex President. Is it really fair that he paid $750.00 in taxes last year? It is well documented that he has evaded paying millions of $ in taxes for most of his life. This tax evasion will soon land him in court against the IRS.Comment
-
-
Re: The Shining City Upon a Hill
Fair is a subjective word, but if you apply it to a flat tax rate then everyone pays the same amount of taxes in relation to their income. If this isn't "fair" then I don't know what is. It would sure make doing your taxes every year easier too!Comment
-
Re: The Shining City Upon a Hill
No, I'm saying the exact opposite. It is not the job of the government to ensure the rich get richer. If one gets wealthy through hard work, great. However the field should NOT be tilted in their favour! Every time a conservative government gets into power the first thing they always do is give the ultra rich tax breaks. It's completely predictable and utterly unethical.Comment
-
Re: The Shining City Upon a Hill
Who pays taxes and how much is one thing, but how that money is spent once it's taken from those that earned it is another. If our money was spent wisely and not on things like tree equity, we'd probably all be better off. As far as getting richer, it's the product of wisely saving money over time and compounding interest. You don't have to be rich to retire that way if you just work hard, save and invest. If our government spent money like it was their own they probably wouldn't spend it like they do.Comment
-
Re: The Shining City Upon a Hill
A Startling Prophecy - 2007 Movie Proves To Be Prescient - MUST WATCH ! Pay close attention from the 20 second point to the 1:23 point.
In 2007, Robert Redford directed the film Lions for Lambs, starring Meryl Streep, but a Republican senator played by Tom Cruise made a stunning prediction which was supposed to sound subversive back then, but which came true in 2021.
Freaking Hit The Nail On The Head
Comment
-
Re: The Shining City Upon a Hill
It shows what most people have been saying since the withdrawal. It wouldn't have mattered how long the occupation lasted, the results would have been the same. Unfortunate but true.A Startling Prophecy - 2007 Movie Proves To Be Prescient - MUST WATCH ! Pay close attention from the 20 second point to the 1:23 point.
In 2007, Robert Redford directed the film Lions for Lambs, starring Meryl Streep, but a Republican senator played by Tom Cruise made a stunning prediction which was supposed to sound subversive back then, but which came true in 2021.
Freaking Hit The Nail On The Head
Comment
Comment