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   From: yak@inbox.com   
      
   On 10/2/2024 11:06 PM, Governor Swill wrote:   
   > On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 08:03:13 -0400, Yak  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 10/1/2024 4:18 PM, Ed P wrote:   
   >>> On 10/1/2024 2:02 PM, Yak wrote:   
   >>>> On 10/1/2024 1:37 PM, citizen winston smith wrote:   
   >>>>> On 10/1/2024 11:32 AM, Jimmy wrote:   
   >>>>>>> "Make them pay their fair share!"   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> She's either a stone cold liar or she's stupid and believes you are.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> All business owners pay taxes.  We have to or the IRS comes after us   
   >>>>>> first.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> It's time to stand up for the billionaires because where else will   
   >>>>>> all our   
   >>>>>> money trickle down from?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Giverment, duh.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That's what you totalitarian fascists want, isn't it it?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Billionaires need protection, they're too weak to protect themselves.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Red herring.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Bottom 50% earned 10.4% of income, paid 2.3% of fed income taxes.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Top 1% earned 26.3% of income, paid 45.8% of fed. income taxes.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Top 1% of income tax payers paid more than the bottom 90% combined.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> We know who's really not paying their fair share.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Interesting numbers but they don't tell the whole story.   
   >>   
   >> They tell the story that needs to be told.   
   >   
   > No actually, they don't.   
      
   Yeah, it actually does.   
      
   >>> Should a widow living on $800 a month SS pay more so the top 1% can pay   
   >>> less?   
   >>   
   >> False premise.   
   >   
   > It's not a premise, it's a question.  Did you get past third grade?   
      
   Sure is. The false premise being that a widow living on $800 a month is   
   paying more so the top 1% can pay less.   
      
   >>> Should the top 1% give more of their corporate profits to workers in   
   >>> higher wages so they can pay more taxes?   
   >>   
   >> Maybe, maybe not. Wages should be a voluntary agreement between   
   >> employers and employees.   
   >   
   > It's good that you expect collective bargaining.   
      
   Yeah...and?   
      
   >>> Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, earns around $7.99 million per hour.   
   >>> This is based on his net worth increasing by $70 billion in 2023, from   
   >>> $107 billion to $177 billion. Bezos's wealth growth is largely due to   
   >>> the value of Amazon stock, which he owns around 9% of.   
   >>   
   >> Irrelevant. They're called *income taxes* not wealth taxes. Start a new   
   >> thread if you care to discuss that.   
   >   
   > I guess it didn't occur to you that increasing wealth would be due to INCOME.   
      
   I guess it didn't occur to you that it's not always true. Consider your   
   401k. Your wealth is increasing due to rising stock valuations, not income.   
      
   >>> How Much Does Elon Musk Make an Hour. The quick answer—Elon Musk makes   
   >>> around $1.6 million per hour. This is based on his net worth that rose   
   >>> by $143.9 billion in the past decade until early 2023. That's 220,690   
   >>> times the federal minimum wage   
   >>   
   >> See above.   
   >   
   > See what?   
      
   Above. Can't you read?   
      
   >That the nobility should be tax exempt?  That was one of the economic   
   > conditions that led to the French Revolution.   
   >   
      
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