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[rayzentz AT aim.com]

All logical arguments, Gene, but leaving out a major crucial fact.   
The tax burden gets passed on.

For example, I currently rent.

Tax rates have gone up on local properties.   You would think, then, 
that the evil landlords are being punished for their obscene 
profit-taking.   But no, instead, rates on rentals have gone up.   So 
who is paying the increased taxes?   in reality, not in Obamaworld.   
The poor renters.  Or the poor suckers.  it's all merely semantics, 
after all.

And if the day evercomes that my teacher salary become 1 million a 
year, well them, Joe will be making 6-7 million, and we will be wiping 
our collective butts with money, instead of charmin, and I won't even 
be able to GET the Ramen Noodle, much less eat them.

I like your Obamaworld, Gene, but that's all it is... a fantasy

Joe the plumber will pass on his increased tax burden to his customers, 
which will raise the prices his customers pay, which means he will NOT 
get more business, and he will have to fire his newly hired employees, 
which means unemployment still goes up.

See?

Ray

PS   I do agree with you on one thing, though.   Most Republicans are 
no longer conservatives..., at least not the republican politicians.





-----Original Message-----
From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:39 am
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Scary as h*ll



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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