Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Frank
From : Frank Reid
Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 01:23:00

  Re: Re: Um...no comment?
  By: Frank to Angus McLeod on Thu Sep 08 2005 23:13:00

 > FR > challenge the fundamental mechanisms by which the federal government
 > FR > returns tax revenue from our wealthy to our poor.
 > 
 >      I couldn't help but be *struck* by this comment!
 > 
 >      As I was trying to say. It screamed from the mountain tops! Reaganomics
 > 
 >      Trickle down ecenomics.
 > 
 >      Like *ONLY* the wealthy pay taxes in this country!
 > 
 >      This is why I "felt compelled" to comment, and I hope you understand th
 >      point I was trying to make and why.

Does it offend your sensibilities or what?  "Wealth" is a relative thing.  To
someone living in poverty, a middle-class American has wealth.  Are you
suggesting that wealth should not be redistributed?  Or are you asserting that
a middle-class American should pay the same tax as a wealthy American?  We ran
this into the ground a few months back, but explain the following:  I live in
the same town you live in.  My kids go to the same school as yours.  I have
access to the same fire, police and emergency services in the community.  Why
should I pay twice what you pay in taxes, simply because I earn twice as much? 
If you answer that I should only have to pay the same tax as you, then I will
take your righteous indignation.  If you don't, then you are simply living on
redistributed wealth! 

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