Video for You Lovers of Tax and Big Govenment

So . . . at a time when the Republicans controlled the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court, two democrats are responsible for some of the Bush tax cuts. Amazing!

I don't suppose that you can document this notion that the real billionaires are supported by democrats while the republicans help the little guy.

 

Why do you think ones opinion is based only upon what happens to him. If that was true, no one in the middle class would be supporting Republican tax cuts for the wealthy that don't help them a bit.

Most flat-tax proponents say that it will be more like 15-20% if it is expected to pay for current budgets.

Not as a percentage of their income they don't . . . not by a long shot. The very rich roll most of their money back into investments to get even richer. They would avoid taxes on all of that income. Poor people spend 100% of their income every month. Middle class people spend close to 100%. It puts the burden of taxes squarely on the middle class because the poor cannot pay more than they need to live. Sales taxes as a replacement for income tax is a transparent tax avoidance for rich people. Period.

Why? It does't hurt them. They are taking more advantage of the freedoms provided by this country to pursue the American Dream than anyone. Having achieved it, their owe a bit more.

Bullshit. Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber are among the richest entertainers on earth and are residents of the UK along with David Gilmour, Mick Jagger, Sting, and many others.

 

Bill Gates and many others on that list contribute to Republicans as well as democrats. The list of Republican billionaires is far longer.

Politifact thinks that the numbers are difficult to interpret for America's 492 billionaires, many of who contribute across the aisle or who guard their support carefully. Many billionaires don't contribute to either party, despite their political leanings. Most investigators say the Republicans have the most billionaire money, at least they did in 2012.

 

Because they also get to take advantage of tax credits, offshore havens, investment havens and other tax laws that require paid accountants and lawyers that the middle class on salaries. If all of the loopholes were eliminated and I mean all of them, then a flat tax would be fair.

I'm sorry that is the richest English entertainers.

Its a matter of record. You don't get knighted if you live abroad. Ringo lives in LA and he never got knighted. Most billionaires have houses abroad and investments, too, and pay taxes in several countries, but the ones I listed and anymore officially reside in the UK. There are over 100 British billionaires.

Why should he get a tax break that everybody else must pay?

 

This is a tired old myth. The money goes to the nation, not to somebody else. What a crock!

Rational people also understand that most poor people work for a living, they just don't make enough money to get by. Other poor people worked for 40 years but are now retired and living on small incomes. Others are disabled and helpless. Lots are kids who are not responsible for their situation. Welfare was reformed 20 years ago and is no longer a long-term income. The only people who "chose not to work" are the homeless bums and they don't get benefits anyway.