Playing the Class Warfare Card

The Off-Topic forum for anything non-LDS related, such as sports or politics. Rated PG through PG-13.
_asbestosman
_Emeritus
Posts: 6215
Joined: Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:32 pm

Re: Playing the Class Warfare Card

Post by _asbestosman »

Bond James Bond wrote:Image

The Rich are winning.

Good for the rich. I don't begrudge them their success . . .
. . . unless it was because they have an unfair government-given advantage.

I'm fine with the rich having more the percentage of wealth so long as:
1) Our government receives enough tax revenue to pay for our core programs (it doesn't).
2) The rich don't enjoy special government privileges unavailable to the rest of us (they do).

That the rich increase their income much faster than I do doesn't diminish my quality of life. What diminishes my quality of life is having a government with debt up to Kolob but a refuses to tax people who already enjoy government-given privileges I never will. They even refuse to let the Bush tax cuts expire at a time when we're having debt problems. Unbelievable. If I thought the rich were using the extra money to give us jobs and move the economy forward, that'd be one thing but I don't.
That's General Leo. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy.
eritis sicut dii
I support NCMO
_Molok
_Emeritus
Posts: 1832
Joined: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:31 am

Re: Playing the Class Warfare Card

Post by _Molok »

Quasimodo wrote:There was a happier time in this country when street corners were filled with the aged and war wounded begging for money.

They should return to that sort of entrepreneurial independence and stop taking tax dollars from the beleaguered upper classes.


We're still living the dream down here in Florida.
_Quasimodo
_Emeritus
Posts: 11784
Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:11 am

Re: Playing the Class Warfare Card

Post by _Quasimodo »

Molok wrote:
Quasimodo wrote:There was a happier time in this country when street corners were filled with the aged and war wounded begging for money.

They should return to that sort of entrepreneurial independence and stop taking tax dollars from the beleaguered upper classes.


We're still living the dream down here in Florida.


Image

I'm glad to hear that self reliance is still alive in this country.
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.

"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
_Bond James Bond
_Emeritus
Posts: 2690
Joined: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:21 pm

Re: Playing the Class Warfare Card

Post by _Bond James Bond »

Drifting wrote:
Which bracket do General Authorities and Apostles fall into?


I'd bet on them all being top 10-15%.
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07

MASH quotes
I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it.
I avoid church religiously.
This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.
Post Reply