[James Hutchins]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

I am a firm believer in being fair. If I have a slice of cake and I am to share it, I'll give away half. I think everyone should pay the same amount in taxes. There should be no discrimination.
Doing a little math, it comes out to about $13,000 per person. I am more than happy to pay my share. Instead, the liebrals are taking close to $650,000. Somebody owes me a lot and I am taking names.

[James Dewitt]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

Last year I paid nearly 22% of my personal income back to the Feds, they wanted 45%. I had to fight them all the way. Oh sure you might think 22% is not much. I own 35 business in 7 countries. I have a pay roll of more than 62,000 people. Now granted 57,000 of them are in India and Malaysia but I still have to pay them. My corporate taxes are killing me. My staff of Joo lawyers and accountants work non stop to keep me from just pulling the plug on it all. How the heck am I supposed to live on 145 million dollars? After all was said and done that is what was left! This year I most likely wont make 125 million. Oh and to top it off I cant deduct my wedding expenses in Tahiti, I forgot to have a business lunch!

[Cranky Old Man]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

I never paid taxes ever since I accidentally shot an IRS agent.

[James Hutchins]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

Last year I paid nearly 22% of my personal income back to the Feds, they wanted 45%. I had to fight them all the way. Oh sure you might think 22% is not much. I own 35 business in 7 countries. I have a pay roll of more than 62,000 people. Now granted 57,000 of them are in India and Malaysia but I still have to pay them. My corporate taxes are killing me. My staff of Joo lawyers and accountants work non stop to keep me from just pulling the plug on it all. How the heck am I supposed to live on 145 million dollars? After all was said and done that is what was left! This year I most likely wont make 125 million. Oh and to top it off I cant deduct my wedding expenses in Tahiti, I forgot to have a business lunch!

They are hitting you at 22%, that is outrageous! I thought I was being shafted at 14%. The only way to avoid paying is to move everythoing offshore, take a domicle in Andorra. But damnit, I am an American and will not leave the country of the free.


I feel for you, heck your new Gulfstream is going to eat 10% or more of your annual budget. I have a helpful hint. Tip everyone. Then file a 1099 on them. Instant business partner. Lastly, cash is king. the 14% I pay is on reported income. Most of my money transactions are cash, as you know.

[James Dewitt]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

=James Hutchins;587190]

They are hitting you at 22%, that is outrageous! I thought I was being shafted at 14%. The only way to avoid paying is to move everythoing offshore, take a domicle in Andorra. But damnit, I am an American and will not leave the country of the free.

I have a lot of off shore accounts( Cayman and Switzerland) The 22% was just on US holdings. I guess its the price that we must pay to live here. I wonder what will happen when Osamba gets through with me next year?

I feel for you, heck your new Gulfstream is going to eat 10% or more of your annual budget. I have a helpful hint. Tip everyone. Then file a 1099 on them. Instant business partner. Lastly, cash is king. the 14% I pay is on reported income. Most of my money transactions are cash, as you know.

Last month I flew into JFK in New York from Africa, got a great deal on some diamonds. Anyway try to explain to customs why you have 3.5 million in cash.

[James Hutchins]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

Tip money/pocket change.... and hand the inspector a $100.

When I travel internationally, because of the bulk and raised eyebrows if satchels full of cash, I will often buy rare stamps and stick them in my jacket wallet.

[F. Nietzsche]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

That's silly.

An individual making $1.5m per year, charged an average income tax of 25% still takes home $1.125m, which is more than sufficient to provide for nearly anything. An individual making $15,000, on the other hand, would find a 25% tax rate leaving them only $11,250.

Yes, it seems unfair to charge the individual making more money more tax, but if enacted in a reasonable manner, it does shift the burden of taxation onto those most able to pay while also causing minimal impact to those already financially struggling.

[James Hutchins]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

That's silly.

An individual making $1.5m per year, charged an average income tax of 25% still takes home $1.125m, which is more than sufficient to provide for nearly anything. An individual making $15,000, on the other hand, would find a 25% tax rate leaving them only $11,250.

Yes, it seems unfair to charge the individual making more money more tax, but if enacted in a reasonable manner, it does shift the burden of taxation onto those most able to pay while also causing minimal impact to those already financially struggling.

Are you insane?
Just because some of use are blessed with a sustainable income does not mean it is fair. It cost more to make more. You drive a Toyota slant car, I drive a Maybach. My oil changes cost more than the purchase price of your yellow death mobile. Do you want to tax me so much I have to ride a bicycle?
I have to have a small fleet of airplanes. I have to be able to at any location on this flat earth on a moments notice, even a delay going through security could mean the jobs of hundreds of people if a deal is not made. Do you want to tax me out of ownership?
Many people depend on my acute business sense to maximize profits for the investors and those entitled to bonuses based on profits. If you liebrals over tax me, the trickle down effect will be devastating. Do you want to tax me so heavily that my employees do not get paid enough to afford to shop anywhere but Wal*Mart?
Christ has enabled me to make a lot of money to do His work. I spend millions every year doing transactions for God. Do you want me to short change baby Jesus?
Son, until you have a business degree and make something of your life, your baseless opinions just infuriate people.

[Marshall]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

But rich people run the country! Why should they be punished just for being a success? You know what? It makes me mad as an itchy wasp when I see liberals complaining about rich people while when it's wealthy folks who run the businesses that hire EVERYBODY WHO WORKS. It makes me wonder if liberals even think at all about what happens when they make it such an enormous tax penalty to be successful that NO ONE wants to open a business anymore. Then the government can run all the businesses right? Commies make me sick.

The government should take the same out of EVERYBODIES paycheck. $200 from a guy making $500 a week is the same as $200 taken from a guy who makes $3000 a week or $10000 a week. $200 is still $200 and still buys the same amount of stuff at Walmart no matter if it comes from Bill Gates wallet or from a janitors pocket. Punishing the successful with huge taxes is un-American.

[H. Montague Worthington]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

When you think about it, it's disgusting that the slovenly poor laze about on their rear ends all day, and then roll over every once in a while and suck hard on the Big Government teat.

"Where's my disability check?" "I want more Social Security!!!" "Gimme my food stamps!!!" "I deserve police protection!" "The ancient run-down elementary school needs lead paint abatement!!" The poor know they have a sweet deal in Obama's nanny-state, and they're milking that Big Government teat for all it's worth!!

To tell you the truth, I'm getting sick of their laziness, greed, and expectations of fairness. It would almost be worth it to me to have the Bush tax cuts expire, just so I could laugh as American business grinds to a complete halt. Those tax cuts for the ultra wealthy made the American lower classes the second most prosperous poor people in the Western Hemisphere.

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

When you think about it, it's disgusting that the slovenly poor laze about on their rear ends all day, and then roll over every once in a while and suck hard on the Big Government teat.

"Where's my disability check?" "I want more Social Security!!!" "Gimme my food stamps!!!" "I deserve police protection!" "The ancient run-down elementary school needs lead paint abatement!!" The poor know they have a sweet deal in Obama's nanny-state, and they're milking that Big Government teat for all it's worth!!

They sure are, Brother!

When are these Tea Partiers going to make with a little consistency and give up on their "gimme gimme gimme" ways? Most of them are retirees happy to suckle at Obama's two swollen welfare nipples: Social Security and Medicare.

"Oh, I didn't bother to save anything for retirement because I thought the Social Security Welfare Ponzi Scheme would provide for me!"

"I have $2M saved up in the bank, but I still want my welfare (Social Security) check, and don't you tax me on it! That's MY SHARE of SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY!"

"I don't care that FICA taxes will have to balloon to keep my Social Security and Medicare welfare benefits paid because there are more retirees than workers. So what? GIMME GIMME GIMME, and don't give any welfare to those poor younger people who can't find jobs, they need to learn a little PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!"

Brother, will you join me in campaigning to terminate Social Security and Medicare in the name of true fiscal conservatism?

[Marko Loimaan-Aho]

Re: "Progressive" taxes - UNFAIR to the POOR!

It is clear that progressive taxes is sin, and take the land far from the Lap of Jesus

Just look the example: Sweden, and Finland. Taxes are very progressive and social welfare is on high level.

Luke 18:24-25 tells us how bad it is to the poor, if the society gives them money and stuff: They lose the Kingdom of God!