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To: SilentZ who wrote (358823)11/15/2007 9:20:23 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573242
 
Z, > That's only people who are idly rich.

No, that also includes the rich who know how to legally avoid taxes. Arianna Huffington is my favorite example.

> Which is why income taxes should be progressive.

They are already progressive, and yet the rich continue to get richer.

You can blame Bush all you want, but the gap also grew under Clinton. The problem goes much deeper than the usual partisanship. I think ajonesy is on the right track:

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To: SilentZ who wrote (358823)11/15/2007 9:49:58 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1573242
 
"People who aren't rich yet but have the greatest capacity to become rich will be screwed over by high income taxes, because their income is the very means by which they will become rich."

People's income from working for somebody has never made anyone rich. Ask any rich person. If you have to work, you aren't rich.


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