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Old 03-10-2011, 02:38 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet View Post
I explained it.
You didn't do a good job of adressing the topic at hand. Here is how you could have done it:

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
That is the system throughout middle class, and upper middle class. But past a certain income point, it becomes not only possible, but self-beneficial, to play money games purely at the expense of others. This involves no additional work, no harder work, and no improved quality of output. We may debate where to draw that line (and for what it's worth I'd be willing to bet the line is far, far higher than the income of you or anyone you know,) but at some income level it becomes inevitable that individuals will use their wealth against other individuals in the same way that a company creates a monopoly against other companies. Additional taxes on income above that level is the moral equivalent of breaking up the Bells, and will not cause anyone to work less than they were already working.
Yet when I hear "wealthy people...should be taxed more" with no qualifying statements as to what that means, I think of a man who may have been working two jobs to support his family, but instead opted to cut some expenses and find a way to go to night school to get a degree, get a better job, and maybe, through years of applying good work ethic, save up enough money to make a few investments beyond college and retirement savings, and aquire some wealth. Nobody handed him that wealth, he fought for it tooth and nail. Maybe he looks now to the financial security of the future generations of his family. He has the right to do that.

Should we simply look at this "rich greedy bastard" who maybe drives a fancier car than us, lives in a very large house, and say "You have too much, we're taking some of that"??? That isn't right. That isn't ethical.
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