From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/14/2026 8:01 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:18:05 -0800, dart200   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/13/26 7:40 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>> On 1/12/2026 5:35 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>> On 1/12/26 4:18 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:   
   >>>>> *+->> consumer spending is supposed to be the fucking bedrock   
   >>>>> guidance of the   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> COnsumption is the most heavily weighted Keynesian econometric   
   >>>>> variable, true   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> But if you want to grow an economy, you want folks to invest (not   
   >>>>> even save,   
   >>>>> but invest - ie if you are keeping money aside, you are not building   
   >>>>> factories)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Consumption is not necessarily productive   
   >>>>   
   >>>> spending for consuming is not keep money aside, it's literally   
   >>>> investing back into those who produced what ur consuming ... without   
   >>>> any expectation of further profiting off it later. cutting taxes on   
   >>>> the rich is actually birdbrained economics.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> tax the fuck out of the rich, literally just give it to the poor, so   
   >>>> they drive the bus in ways that actually help people.   
   >>>   >   
   >>> That's easy for you to say, you've got no skin in the game.   
   >>   
   >> right cause having a lot of skin in game requires me to act like a   
   >> psychopath, and i'm just not unfortunately   
   >   
   > On target.  Bullseye.   
   >   
   You can't complain about income or income tax if you have no skin in the   
   game - unemployed.   
      
   Everyone should be equal under the tax laws, and pay a flat and equal   
   tax for everyone. That would be fair and equal. Otherwise you are just   
   biased and perhaps JELLOS. Deal with it.   
      
   Wealthy people give the most to charity and pay the majority of the US   
   income tax.   
   High taxes taxes on the rich have negative economic impacts, such as   
   disincentivizing investment and innovation.   
      
   And, the risk of capital flight.   
      
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