Comments on: Tax Breaks for Paris? http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:09:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: JWG http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35771 JWG Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:06:30 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35771 <blockquote>[Millionaires] don t help me, and I won t help them.</blockquote> Yeah, they just stuff their money in the mattress. They don't invest that money into the economy at all. Thankfully, the poor are starting a lot of businesses and driving job growth. <blockquote>allowing the wealthy to keep more of their money</blockquote> "Allowing"? The government "allows" me to keep my money? Good grief. <blockquote>protect multi-multi-millionaires from paying taxes</blockquote> This tax begins between 1.5 million in 2005 and 3.5 million in 2009. Hardly in the "multi-multi-millionaire" range. Additionally, you are talking about the small group of people (the top 1%) who pay 30% of the taxes. They are far from being protected from taxation. <blockquote>average middle class. I haven t noticed one iota of difference in my paycheck</blockquote> <a href="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/TaxFacts/TFDB/TFTemplate.cfm?Docid=212" rel="nofollow">Liar</a>

[Millionaires] don t help me, and I won t help them.

Yeah, they just stuff their money in the mattress. They don’t invest that money into the economy at all. Thankfully, the poor are starting a lot of businesses and driving job growth.

allowing the wealthy to keep more of their money

“Allowing”? The government “allows” me to keep my money? Good grief.

protect multi-multi-millionaires from paying taxes

This tax begins between 1.5 million in 2005 and 3.5 million in 2009. Hardly in the “multi-multi-millionaire” range. Additionally, you are talking about the small group of people (the top 1%) who pay 30% of the taxes. They are far from being protected from taxation.

average middle class. I haven t noticed one iota of difference in my paycheck

Liar

]]> By: buma http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35770 buma Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:06:09 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35770 It's one of the basic tenets of trailer-dwelling Republicans who want to protect multi-multi-millionaires from paying taxes. The estate tax would affect almost 2 percent of the population, if only there were not loopholes that allow half of that tiny fraction to avoid the estate tax anyway. It’s one of the basic tenets of trailer-dwelling Republicans who want to protect multi-multi-millionaires from paying taxes. The estate tax would affect almost 2 percent of the population, if only there were not loopholes that allow half of that tiny fraction to avoid the estate tax anyway.

]]> By: Sundown http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35769 Sundown Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:06:46 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35769 Is it even a good idea to define wealth as a sign of hard work? The converse would be, that a person who was a very successful entrepreneur(sic) who was swindled out of his money didn't really work all that hard. In my mind, "hard work" is independent of the possessions earned while doing so. True, on an economic level, with all things being equal, a hard worker is much more likely to profit than a lazy worker. However, that's not a hard and fast rule, mainly because of luck. Is it even a good idea to define wealth as a sign of hard work?

The converse would be, that a person who was a very successful entrepreneur(sic) who was swindled out of his money didn’t really work all that hard.

In my mind, “hard work” is independent of the possessions earned while doing so. True, on an economic level, with all things being equal, a hard worker is much more likely to profit than a lazy worker. However, that’s not a hard and fast rule, mainly because of luck.

]]> By: Rounds77 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35768 Rounds77 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:06:04 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35768 Can any Republican explain to me how allowing the wealthy to keep more of their money (I'd like to know what contributions and hard work Paris achieved to earn millions heaped on millions, but that's another issue about the perversion of our economic system) and increasing spending, adding burden to local systems, are great ideas? Were the wealthy ever hurting? Were any of them MISSING the money when it was taxed away from them? Why not tax cuts for people like MYSELF -- average middle class. I haven't noticed one iota of difference in my paycheck since Bush acquired the throne. But I have seen my property taxes increase while my county has made cutbacks to needed things like police and education. Oh, the angst of living during the Republican dream of absolute power. Can any Republican explain to me how allowing the wealthy to keep more of their money (I’d like to know what contributions and hard work Paris achieved to earn millions heaped on millions, but that’s another issue about the perversion of our economic system) and increasing spending, adding burden to local systems, are great ideas? Were the wealthy ever hurting? Were any of them MISSING the money when it was taxed away from them? Why not tax cuts for people like MYSELF — average middle class. I haven’t noticed one iota of difference in my paycheck since Bush acquired the throne. But I have seen my property taxes increase while my county has made cutbacks to needed things like police and education. Oh, the angst of living during the Republican dream of absolute power.

]]> By: roche http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35766 roche Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:06:42 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35766 Dana: Yeah, let's not ask Paris Hilton to pay her fair share. After all, she earned her money the old-fashioned way--she inherited it! Seriously, though, I find it bizarre that people would defend someone like Paris Hilton, who pretty much exemplifies everything that is wrong with the concept of inherited wealth. Dana:

Yeah, let’s not ask Paris Hilton to pay her fair share. After all, she earned her money the old-fashioned way–she inherited it!

Seriously, though, I find it bizarre that people would defend someone like Paris Hilton, who pretty much exemplifies everything that is wrong with the concept of inherited wealth.

]]> By: factcheck http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35767 factcheck Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:06:42 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35767 I love how cons worry more about protecting millionaire's financial well-being than their own. I'll worry about my wallet, let the millonaire's worry about theirs. They don't help me, and I won't help them. I love how cons worry more about protecting millionaire’s financial well-being than their own.

I’ll worry about my wallet, let the millonaire’s worry about theirs. They don’t help me, and I won’t help them.

]]> By: Frank_D http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35765 Frank_D Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:06:20 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35765 Paris Hilton inherited very little of her money -- she did earn it. And I don't care if she found it growing on the trees in her backyard -- it's still hers. Paris Hilton inherited very little of her money — she did earn it.
And I don’t care if she found it growing on the trees in her backyard — it’s still hers.

]]> By: Frank_D http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35764 Frank_D Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:06:29 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35764 TomY: Feel free to send as much money to the gummint as you choose. I will do the same. TomY: Feel free to send as much money to the gummint as you choose. I will do the same.

]]> By: TomY http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35763 TomY Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:06:36 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35763 No, we're just robbing the funding for programs the poor depend on. Why should the government be in the business of encouraging the further Hiltonization of the richest 1% anyway? It's a time of war, don't you know? 9/11 changed everything. I really wish you conservatives would start taking the economy and the war a bit more seriously. No, we’re just robbing the funding for programs the poor depend on. Why should the government be in the business of encouraging the further Hiltonization of the richest 1% anyway? It’s a time of war, don’t you know? 9/11 changed everything. I really wish you conservatives would start taking the economy and the war a bit more seriously.

]]> By: Dana http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35762 Dana Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:06:37 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35762 It's just more left-wing demagoguery. Apparently, according to the Democrats, the poor and social security recipients own Paris Hilton's money, and it's stealing from them to allow Miss Hilton to have more of her own money! It's really easy for our left wing friends to demagogue this issue; after all, surely Miss Hilton doesn't <i>need</i> all that money. But they never seem to get down to the fact that it <i>is</i> her money, and no one else's, and by not stealing as much of it taxing as much of it we are not robbing the poor. It’s just more left-wing demagoguery. Apparently, according to the Democrats, the poor and social security recipients own Paris Hilton’s money, and it’s stealing from them to allow Miss Hilton to have more of her own money!

It’s really easy for our left wing friends to demagogue this issue; after all, surely Miss Hilton doesn’t need all that money. But they never seem to get down to the fact that it is her money, and no one else’s, and by not stealing as much of it taxing as much of it we are not robbing the poor.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35761 SaveFarris Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:06:07 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35761 You're not missing much. Apparently, Republicans are stealing money from Grandparents and children and writing checks directly to Paris Hilton. Not that any of it is true, mind you... If you've seen any commercial from a Democrat in the past 25 years, you've seen this one. You’re not missing much. Apparently, Republicans are stealing money from Grandparents and children and writing checks directly to Paris Hilton.

Not that any of it is true, mind you…

If you’ve seen any commercial from a Democrat in the past 25 years, you’ve seen this one.

]]> By: qkslvr_wolf http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/06/05/tax-breaks-for-paris/#comment-35760 qkslvr_wolf Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:06:36 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2137#comment-35760 Oliver, you got to cut this multimedia stuff out. I can't watch this stuff at work! Oliver, you got to cut this multimedia stuff out. I can’t watch this stuff at work!

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