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From: Matthew Russotto on 31 Jul 2010 22:02 In article <i302gc$1e6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >On 2010-07-31, Dave Head <rally2xs(a)att.net> wrote: >> On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:08:34 GMT, russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net >> (Matthew Russotto) wrote: >> >>>In article <cvt656hh68l9eit1qkjs573svsjiujsj7o(a)4ax.com>, >>>Dave Head <rally2xs(a)att.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>When poor people pay zero tax, I think you'll have a hard time getting >>>>them to agree with you that the Fair Tax is not progressive. >>> >>>To people who want a "high and graduated income tax", nothing is >>>sufficiently progressive until everyone has the same amount left after taxes. >> >> Some people's problem is that they're not happy unless the gov't >> really sticks it to the wealthy. They're basically communists. > >anyone who favors a progressive tax based on income is essentially >favoring one of the communist manifesto line items. Another is central >banking. Good catch. Yes, the progressive income tax is #2, the central bank is #5. Free public education and elimination of child labor is #10. >As far as 'sticking it to the wealthy goes', that's just one of the >divisions the ruling class uses to manipulate people. Democracy tends to >lead to people voting themselves stuff from the treasury, voting >themselves other people's property via the government. That one's a little older... "panem et circenses", as Juvenal put it. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: Dave Head on 31 Jul 2010 22:42
On 1 Aug 2010 01:38:10 GMT, Michael Coburn <mikcob(a)verizon.net> wrote: That was so split off from reality I don't even believe you are sincere any more. You're just posting to get a response, that's all. |