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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Scary as h*ll
  • Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:39:43 -0700


On Oct 16, 2008, at 9:22 AM, rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:

Oh, sure. And of course, as long as that three percent is not taken
from *me*, it's OK. As long as it's someone else, and they make more
than *I* do, it is perfectly acceptable.

I am enchanted by how Republicans, who used to be conservatives but now feed at the big business trough, have psyched people of average incomes into thinking like this.

Ray, take a deep breath and think about the implications of high unemployment throughout the country. Now think of high employment and compare conditions and choose the condition you prefer.

As Obama pointed out to Joe The Plumber--whose book, tool and shaver endorsements will soon arrive--as more jobs are created Joe's plumbing business will get more business from people who can afford his services.

As Joe gets more business he will hire more plumbers. He will pay more total taxes but his after-tax profit will be greater.

Methinks Joe protests too much. Ray, let's suppose your music teacher salary gets bumped to, say, a million per year. Your tax bite will outrage you. Your after-tax remainder will send your children to the finest schools. And you will never have to eat that non-food, ramen noodles.

Beware of the tax spin of those whose clients most benefit: politicians and their henchpersons.





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