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To: koan who wrote (25134)	8/27/2012 11:35:33 AM
From: TopCat	3 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

"If you refuse to believe in the destruction of income inequality" You can't destroy what you've never had. This country was never built on income equality. We are not a socialist country. We've been far more successful than any socialist country.

To: koan who wrote (25134)	8/27/2012 12:51:17 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

I guess that you are welcome to take the word of one conservative and apply it to all conservatives. And then you can throw up a strawman or two and knock them down. And then you can follow it up by a useless fabricated statement that is presented as fact to punctuate the previous fallacies. And in November, you will be scratching your head wondering why so many people are fooled by the republicans. But you will enjoy the prosperity that follows, just like everyone else. And I expect to hear you whining about the evil republicans the whole time.

To: koan who wrote (25134)	8/27/2012 5:28:17 PM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

Income tax rates under that budget are cut for all tax payers, not just for the rich. It is shameful that we are 65th in the world in income inequality. Not it isn't (if that stat is even true), It might be shameful if in a country as rich as ours, the bottom quintile was poor compared to other countries, but they aren't. The poor in America are wealthier than in many countries that are considered rich, and more equal than the US. The absolute level of wealth of the poor is important. But a difference that mostly means our rich people are richer than theirs, is a positive not a negative.