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Originally Posted by TheWolf
The last statistic is the most revealing. The rest just emphasize what's wrong with student loans.
1 out of 2 OWS protesters is below the poverty line so it's totally not about something for free.  |
So poor people can't protest without being dismissed that they want something for free? By that logic only the wealthy would protest, but if that's the case--why would they?
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Originally Posted by TheWolf
Rich or Poor.
I'm tired of subsidizing 1 in 6 americans at the grocery store, in my electric bill, in my water bill, and on my cellphone bill.
If you want more revenue from me the tax payer. Show me you're responsible with what you have now and can be frugal with it before you ask for more. Until you show that, the money tap is off.
That same bottom 50% should also chip in instead of playing the "victim". Want to increase taxes on the rich? they should pay the same rates on themselves as well. "Shared sacrifice". God forbid if the poor in this country pay any income taxes.
Long and the short of it is that the poor never want to pay income taxes and always want something.
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I hate to break it to you but it's not just the poor. NOBODY wants to pay taxes and EVERYBODY always wants something.
But the super reach find ways to pay lass taxes then the super poor. Warren Buffet made $63 million and once everything was all said and done, it was an effective federal tax rate of 17.4%.
Buffett Takes Steps to Make His Tax Case - WSJ.com
The tax code is a mess.