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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (502407)	8/7/2009 5:20:12 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570478

>When over half the income above a certain threshold is handed over to the government, that is indeed punishing success. No, it's not. That's progressive taxation. Punishing success would be taking away over 100% of that income. >>> providing people with stability and predictability is not rewarding mediocrity. >Traditionally people have to work hard to achieve those two goals. Just giving that away rewards mediocrity. I totally disagree. People are much more likely to achieve real success if they have stability. -Z