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    A_Griffin
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    here[^] :-D

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      here[^] :-D

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      I have never received a job offer or a paycheck from a poor person,

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        I have never received a job offer or a paycheck from a poor person,

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        I've never received a paycheck from a stockholder either. Just saying :-\

        if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); } Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016

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          I have never received a job offer or a paycheck from a poor person,

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          Exactly. I personally, have nothing against the rich, and have never harbored ill will toward them just because they are rich.

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            I have never received a job offer or a paycheck from a poor person,

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            I have - but never mind. Let’s be generous and say that a person is maybe 2x as intelligent as average and works 10x as hard and is 5x as lucky … in which case there is an argument for them being 100x as rich. That’s OK – I can deal with people being 100x as rich as average. That’s quite rich. Good for them. Beyond that – they’re thieves.

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              Exactly. I personally, have nothing against the rich, and have never harbored ill will toward them just because they are rich.

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              Which however doesn't really address the claims that giving tax breaks specifically to the rich will provide a benefit to those that are not.

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                Which however doesn't really address the claims that giving tax breaks specifically to the rich will provide a benefit to those that are not.

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                Those that are not rich are getting tax breaks too, not just the rich. Read the bill.

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                  I have - but never mind. Let’s be generous and say that a person is maybe 2x as intelligent as average and works 10x as hard and is 5x as lucky … in which case there is an argument for them being 100x as rich. That’s OK – I can deal with people being 100x as rich as average. That’s quite rich. Good for them. Beyond that – they’re thieves.

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                  You are a moron. Nobody is poor because someone else is rich. Rich people aren't thieves because they are rich, well, except maybe for Soros and his ilk. You want a 'fair' personal tax plan? Fine, every single man, woman, and child pays the exact same amount tax for every day they are alive with the only exceptions being those that are truly disabled and unable to work (physically or mentally handicapped). No business or corporate taxation whatsoever as business have no 'vote' (taxation without representation). That is a 'fair' tax plan. Maybe then, people will pay attention to the real problem, spending. Personally I think income tax is a terrible concept. Taxing should be done on consumption/sales only with also import taxation for the purpose of enforcing trade and market leveling. This is all typical envy and jealousy, you're not 'rich', therefore you hate them and want their success, 'luck', and hard work to pay your own way.

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                    You are a moron. Nobody is poor because someone else is rich. Rich people aren't thieves because they are rich, well, except maybe for Soros and his ilk. You want a 'fair' personal tax plan? Fine, every single man, woman, and child pays the exact same amount tax for every day they are alive with the only exceptions being those that are truly disabled and unable to work (physically or mentally handicapped). No business or corporate taxation whatsoever as business have no 'vote' (taxation without representation). That is a 'fair' tax plan. Maybe then, people will pay attention to the real problem, spending. Personally I think income tax is a terrible concept. Taxing should be done on consumption/sales only with also import taxation for the purpose of enforcing trade and market leveling. This is all typical envy and jealousy, you're not 'rich', therefore you hate them and want their success, 'luck', and hard work to pay your own way.

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                    NotYourAverageGuy wrote:

                    Nobody is poor because someone else is rich.

                    Tell that to the people that has lost rent insurances, fonds and other savings, just because a rich wanted to be richer and scammed them all. Or people working their asses off to see how the boss takes profit and get self-made boni while all the rest don't get a shit.

                    NotYourAverageGuy wrote:

                    Rich people aren't thieves because they are rich,

                    The one that manages to make money without harming anyone and having respect for the rest of the people... I do say: Kudos But don't be so lame and say that rich people are that clean, decent, nice and so on. There is a part of them that are just bad people, and those are the ones that anger people against the rest. Generalizing is wrong, in both directions.

                    M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                      You are a moron. Nobody is poor because someone else is rich. Rich people aren't thieves because they are rich, well, except maybe for Soros and his ilk. You want a 'fair' personal tax plan? Fine, every single man, woman, and child pays the exact same amount tax for every day they are alive with the only exceptions being those that are truly disabled and unable to work (physically or mentally handicapped). No business or corporate taxation whatsoever as business have no 'vote' (taxation without representation). That is a 'fair' tax plan. Maybe then, people will pay attention to the real problem, spending. Personally I think income tax is a terrible concept. Taxing should be done on consumption/sales only with also import taxation for the purpose of enforcing trade and market leveling. This is all typical envy and jealousy, you're not 'rich', therefore you hate them and want their success, 'luck', and hard work to pay your own way.

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                      You are a moron.

                      Well, of course. Because anyone that doesn’t think just like you is obviously a moron, you being so smart an’ all, and knowing everything. The rest of what you say is a typical straw man response (and, if I may so, pretty moronic at that.). I don’t want their riches. I really, really, do not. I would like to live in a world where decent basic, healthcare, housing, food and water, and education was a standard, not just available to the reasonably well-off. There is no economic reason why this should be a utopian dream, and unrealizable. It is that only because of human nature – greedy, selfish and ultimately fearful. As such it probably will remain but a dream, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it, and not call people out for what they are.

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                        NotYourAverageGuy wrote:

                        Nobody is poor because someone else is rich.

                        Tell that to the people that has lost rent insurances, fonds and other savings, just because a rich wanted to be richer and scammed them all. Or people working their asses off to see how the boss takes profit and get self-made boni while all the rest don't get a shit.

                        NotYourAverageGuy wrote:

                        Rich people aren't thieves because they are rich,

                        The one that manages to make money without harming anyone and having respect for the rest of the people... I do say: Kudos But don't be so lame and say that rich people are that clean, decent, nice and so on. There is a part of them that are just bad people, and those are the ones that anger people against the rest. Generalizing is wrong, in both directions.

                        M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                        You have a very distorted, inaccurate, and unrealistic view of people who make more money than you. don't be so lame in your thinking, and stop generalizing the rich.

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                          You have a very distorted, inaccurate, and unrealistic view of people who make more money than you. don't be so lame in your thinking, and stop generalizing the rich.

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                          Not sure if you really wanted to answer me but...

                          Slacker007 wrote:

                          don't be so lame in your thinking, and stop generalizing the rich.

                          I am not. If you read carefully that was exactly my point: There are "good" and "bad" persons in every social / economic status. As I already said... I have no problem with rich people who have worked hard or had luck in life or both. I only have a problem with people that makes money at the cost of other people, no matter if legally or illegally. And there are people on both sides of the spectrum.

                          M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                            I've never received a paycheck from a stockholder either. Just saying :-\

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                            Are all stockholders rich?

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                              I have - but never mind. Let’s be generous and say that a person is maybe 2x as intelligent as average and works 10x as hard and is 5x as lucky … in which case there is an argument for them being 100x as rich. That’s OK – I can deal with people being 100x as rich as average. That’s quite rich. Good for them. Beyond that – they’re thieves.

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                              A_Griffin wrote:

                              Beyond that – they’re thieves.

                              Wow, you really are warped.

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                                You are a moron. Nobody is poor because someone else is rich. Rich people aren't thieves because they are rich, well, except maybe for Soros and his ilk. You want a 'fair' personal tax plan? Fine, every single man, woman, and child pays the exact same amount tax for every day they are alive with the only exceptions being those that are truly disabled and unable to work (physically or mentally handicapped). No business or corporate taxation whatsoever as business have no 'vote' (taxation without representation). That is a 'fair' tax plan. Maybe then, people will pay attention to the real problem, spending. Personally I think income tax is a terrible concept. Taxing should be done on consumption/sales only with also import taxation for the purpose of enforcing trade and market leveling. This is all typical envy and jealousy, you're not 'rich', therefore you hate them and want their success, 'luck', and hard work to pay your own way.

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                                NotYourAverageGuy wrote:

                                Taxing should be done on consumption/sales only with also import taxation for the purpose of enforcing trade and market leveling.

                                Yep, 100% agree. Scrap all tax except VAT and levy it at a rate that reflects the luxury value of the product. Bread, 0%, Ferraris, 100%. One tax body, less govt employees, less public expenditure.

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                                  NotYourAverageGuy wrote:

                                  Nobody is poor because someone else is rich.

                                  Tell that to the people that has lost rent insurances, fonds and other savings, just because a rich wanted to be richer and scammed them all. Or people working their asses off to see how the boss takes profit and get self-made boni while all the rest don't get a shit.

                                  NotYourAverageGuy wrote:

                                  Rich people aren't thieves because they are rich,

                                  The one that manages to make money without harming anyone and having respect for the rest of the people... I do say: Kudos But don't be so lame and say that rich people are that clean, decent, nice and so on. There is a part of them that are just bad people, and those are the ones that anger people against the rest. Generalizing is wrong, in both directions.

                                  M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                                  What a pile of crap. How does a 'rich person' 'scam poor people out of rent, funds, and insurance'? There are plenty of scammers out there, they are called criminals, some are in prison already, many will be soon. Some make a living, just, others are more successful, but you cant equate criminality with wealth, that is utterly wrong and very ignorant.

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                                    A_Griffin wrote:

                                    Beyond that – they’re thieves.

                                    Wow, you really are warped.

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                                    'course I am - totally warped to think billionaires have earned that much money fairly. If "normal" thinks otherwise, I'll take being warped any day.

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                                      'course I am - totally warped to think billionaires have earned that much money fairly. If "normal" thinks otherwise, I'll take being warped any day.

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                                      A_Griffin wrote:

                                      to think billionaires have earned that much money fairly

                                      So if you make 20% on some Galaxo stock in a year, making a profit of a few hundred, that is fair, but when Soros makes billions doing exactly the same it isnt? You really are very immature.

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                                        A_Griffin wrote:

                                        to think billionaires have earned that much money fairly

                                        So if you make 20% on some Galaxo stock in a year, making a profit of a few hundred, that is fair, but when Soros makes billions doing exactly the same it isnt? You really are very immature.

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                                        Is it actually possible for you to have a conversation without resorting to being rude? Come back when you can.

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                                          Is it actually possible for you to have a conversation without resorting to being rude? Come back when you can.

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                                          Munchies_Matt
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                                          Says the guy who yesterday said 'Jesus Matt do some fucking research' or some such. Anyway, it is an observation not an insult. You are very immature.

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