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To: LLCF who wrote (61112)	1/13/2013 5:26:59 PM
From: pcstel	1 Recommendation Respond to of 71588

<justify ignoring the fact that a lot of people (wealthy ones at that) have no problem with paying more. < I guess this depends on your definition of the word "a lot of people" So far, I have only heard of 2 people, Gates, and Buffett whose income is derived from Dividends and Capital Gains which was taxed at 15% last year. Do you have anymore than two? Let's see. You said that you also want to pay higher taxes, but you have also noted that your income is ALL DIVIDENDS and CAPITAL GAINS also which is only taxed at 15% last year. You keep regurgitating that "Tons of wealthy people have NO PROBLEM paying higher taxes " Yet, no one can seem to name even one that says this, whose income is "earned income" already subject to the 35% Federal tax rate. Look, someone thinks the 15% or 20% capital gains, dividend rate is too low and thinks they should pay more.. Then that is your choice. But, don't attempt to interpolate "captial gains and dividend income" to business owners and upper middle class that are already subject to the Highest Earned Income Tax Rates. The liberals keep saying "Tons of the High Income earners WANT to pay higher taxes", but strangely, they can't name any high income earners whose income comes via "Earned Income", not "Capital Gains and Dividends". This would be like finding a couple of people who lost their 500,000 a year jobs with a house paid off and several million dollars in savings that claimed. "We don't want payments for Unemployment", and then extrapolating that into the concept that the US should eliminate "Unemployment Insurance" because "Tons of unemployed people don't want to be paid their Unemployment Benefits." And so it goes, PCSTEL

To: LLCF who wrote (61112)	1/15/2013 3:27:11 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I am aware that even murderers are able to justify their existence as basically misunderstood. It would be unrealistic to expect you to admit that your hypocrisy is hypocritical. If you need to think of yourself as being consistent by stating that others need to pay more in taxes, yet being unwilling to do as you say, while asking others to do as you say, rather than as you do, then pointing it out will never cause you to waver in your self misassessment.