The true elite

"Michael" wrote in message
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| "C J Campbell" wrote
| A disproportionate
| number of us are in that 10% of America that pays 90% of the taxes.
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| Actually, the top 10% only pays a little over half the taxes.

Baloney. It just so happens that the Federal Income Tax is not the only tax
that targets the 'rich' in this country. Once you add in all the business
and occupation taxes, state income taxes, employer taxes, luxury taxes,
estate taxes, reductions in entitlements, etc., I would bet that my figure
is much closer to the truth.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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| "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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| The only fair tax is a flat tax.
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| Yes, you've made it very clear that in your opinion, the only fair tax is
a
| flat tax.
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| Suffice to say, your opinion is not shared by all.
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My idea of fair, for example, would be a regressive tax system -- one that
would punish the unproductive parasites.

My idea of fair, for example, would be a regressive tax system -- one that
would punish the unproductive parasites.


Such a tax would punish teachers and reward lawyers. You sure you want this?

Jose

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| My idea of fair, for example, would be a regressive tax system -- one that
| would punish the unproductive parasites.
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| Such a tax would punish teachers and reward lawyers. You sure you want
this?
|

No. I think teachers are grossly underpaid. In my ideal world, lawyers and
teachers would switch salaries.


And how would you measure "productivity" so taht unproductive parasites could
be punished via the tax system? And how would you get lawyers and teachers to
"switch salaries" - remember salaries are just a measure of how much society
values the contribution of the wage earners. As a society we are willing to
pay more for a lawyer than for a teacher.

Jose

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Slippery slope warning...Where is the "unproductive" line drawn and by
whom? Shall we execute them?

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Maybe we should eat them.

mike regish

"Kevin McCue" wrote in message
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Slippery slope warning...Where is the "unproductive" line drawn and by
whom? Shall we execute them?

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Kevin McCue wrote:

Slippery slope warning...Where is the "unproductive" line drawn and by
whom? Shall we execute them?

Nazi Germany tried that. Lessee - mentally ill? Homeless? Too old to work and
living off your children? It's Dachau for you.

George Patterson
A woman's perfect breakfast occurs when she's sitting at the table sipping
gourmet coffee while looking at pictures of her son on the cover of Sports
Illustrated, her daughter on the cover of Business Week, her boyfriend on
the cover of Playgirl, and her husband on the back of the milk carton.

Exactly my point...

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"C J Campbell" wrote in
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No. I think teachers are grossly underpaid. In my ideal world, lawyers
and teachers would switch salaries.


Many lawyers don't get paid salaries. They get paid on contingency fees,
which in and of itself is a major part of the problem with our legal
system...

"mike regish" wrote in message
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| Maybe we should eat them.
|

Jonathan Swift proposed that to solve the 'Irish problem.'