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Originally Posted by kutulu
"We robbed Peter to pay Paul"
In response to that, let me say that Peter is employing Paul. Peter likes his money. In order for Peter to have lots of money, he pays Paul just enough to keep Paul and his friends from revolting. As a result, Paul cannot afford to have a Paul Jr who will work for Peter Jr. Therefore, Peter is dooming his business, Peter Inc., by not paying his employee enough to raise the child that will one day work at Peter Inc. The government sees this problem and knows that the county needs Peter Inc. to be a part of its functioning economy. Therefore, they take more of Peters money and less of Paul's money so that Paul can afford to raise his son to be a part of the working class in the future. Because a lot of money minus an additional 10% is still a lot of money, Peter still has lots of money and Paul still barely gets by but now he gets to raise Paul Jr.
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You have never had employees have you.
I have 15 of them. Please explain to me how taxing me at a higher rate helps them out? If anything since I have less money (and we won't go into the 'hidden' taxes quite yet) in my pocket, I'm going to be less likely to want to share it with my employees.
Your scenario is quite silly. I'm waiting for tiny Tim to say 'God bless us every one.' any minute now.
The government takes more of my money no matter WHAT the tax rate since I make more. You will pardon me for making more money then the people who work for me if that’s ok. I did take 7 years of schooling past college, substantial loans, and substantial risk to open my practice. How taxing me higher allows my people to raise their children is quite beyond me. None of them are on government assistance programs, because these are people who are WORKING. Some are married, some are unwed mothers, all are paying their own way. This is what America is about people working for a living, and their families, not taking hand outs and having babies. When I pay their social security and other payroll taxes that’s money I could be giving them but instead I am giving the government.
We conservatives don't say you robbed Peter to pay Paul, we say you robbed Peter to buy Paul’s vote. Fuck if its unfair to Peter, he isn't a big enough voting block.