[pritchke]

Originally posted by khazadman: Pritchke, just who do you think pay the taxes in this country? It's damn sure not the poor. The top 5% of earners in this country pay more than 53% of taxes collected. Let me put it this way, the bottom 50% pay less than 4% of taxes. So the "filthy rich" as you call them will be paying more taxes if they're filling their pockets. By the way Pritchke, just what do you consider rich?

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You failed to capitalize on the word filthy. An example of filthy rich is Martha Stewart, Enron executives or someone who has a large amount of control over the pentagon while owning companies or large amounts of shares in companies that will bid on the construction of a country that you went to war with. Why not start a war then profit hugely from it, and I am not talking about Bush here. To be in a position of power like this you should immediately sell, or give away companies you own as soon as you are in a position of government power. It would be unethical if you tampered with government policy for profit as Soldiers are expendable. It is not about being rich, but the wheeling and dealing you do to get to that point, and to go beyond that makes you filthy or not and Rumsford is one filthy bugger, kind of has the stench of used car sales men. If you are a straight arrow than you probably deserve everything but if you lie, wheel and deal at the expense of others to get more than you have, or can achieve, than that person deserves the toe of someone's boot with a free trip to hell. Saddam is considered filthy rich as well. Bush is only a pawn for the likes of Rumsford, and a few of those other fellows.

As with your stats it would be far better to look at a percentage of a persons salary paid, and how much they have left over to spend, as opposed to who pays what. I am sure the middle class probably pays more when it comes to portion of their salary and what they end up having left. Those that are paying 53% of the taxes will probably still have the third car, or summer mansion, with plenty to spare, so living like that there is no need for complaints, yet they still have the gall to complain they need more money or about taxes. While the middle class actually doing the work need to stay out of debt, so buying a second car may not be an option even if both parents work. It is better to judge ones standard of living as opposed to salary, or who pays what in taxes, to see a disparity in wealth while some misfortunes may piss there hard earned cash away many work there asses off to make ends meet and save when they can. Personally I don't care what they own, It does bother me if they are living high on the hog and complaing, or if they are sleazy lying people who abuse the system to make more money the same as the few on welfare because they are just plain to lazy to work and yet they decide to have 15 kids bothers me. My only concern is if I will be able to save enough for RRSP's at the end of the year, and a yearly checkup at the dentist, not taxes and not if some hockey jock will buy his third Ferrari this year because he skates around like a pansy for half the year.
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Oh! and as for the question of who pissed in my cornflakes this morning? One of my fiancés dogs did, at least on the bedroom floor, and twice last night in the living room.


[ 12-15-2003, 12:55 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]