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From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net
"Baxter" wrote in message
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> Skeeter wrote in
> news:6706af7e$2$1895494$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com:
>
>> In article ,
>> me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net says...
>>>
>>> "Baxter" wrote in message
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>>> > 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.
>>
>
> Is it fair that your lazy boss can "afford" a 9-course feast while he
> pays you so little you can only afford a slice of mouldy bread?
Then maybe you should get a different job?
However if your capabilities are such that you can't.. who's fault is that?
Or.. you could go into business for yourself and become the boss.. Oh, but
then you wouldn't even be able to afford the bread.
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