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   From: skeeterweed@photonmail.com   
      
   In article ,   
   me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net says...   
   >   
   > "Baxter"  wrote in message   
   > news:ve4tkq$fgco$56@dont-email.me...   
   > > Attila  wrote in   
   > > news:p42bgj165q03bqj32mmbipfq3rs2p9phhl@4ax.com:   
   > >   
   > >> On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 08:33:08 -0500, "Scout"   
   > >>  in alt.atheism   
   > >> with message-id  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>>"Attila"  wrote in message   
   > >>>news:v258gjpmf4ddrjc6cib589g34enutm2o50@4ax.com...   
   > >>>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 08:58:56 -0500, "Scout"   
   > >>>>  in alt.atheism   
   > >>>> with message-id  wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>"Attila"  wrote in message   
   > >>>>>news:5f40gjpuskk0sgncrffj8ui9575sa6dn67@4ax.com...   
   > >>>>>> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 14:02:42 -0400, Yak  in   
   > >>>>>> alt.atheism with message-id    
   > >>>>>> 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.   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> How much is a "fair share" and how is it determined?   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>BOOM....   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>Wonderful question.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>> Don't expect an actual answer.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>Of course not... since he doesn't have one, and never will.   
   > >>>   
   > >>   
   > >> No one seems to be able to answer that question.   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > You and I go to dinner.  I get a 7-course meal, you get a cracker and an   
   > > olive.  I bet you could figure out what your fair share was in an   
   > > instance.   
   >   
   > A cracker and an olive.. that's what he paid for.   
   >   
   > Are you suggesting that if you paid $10,000 for a 7 course meal, he should   
   > be entitled to help himself to what you paid for because it's his "fair   
   > share"?   
   >   
   > Please expound on exactly what you think his fair share of your meal would   
   > be?   
   >   
   >   
      
   He should only get what he can afford.   
      
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