Quote Originally Posted by Devils Horse View Post
So you guys talking horse manure feel money should be taken from some and spread around to others right? Apparently you believe the government should decide who gets what then. The constitution and freedom be damned, if you're rich, the government should have the power to take however much of your money they want.

(BTW, this is the same government that maybe 12 to 15% of Americans trust and believe in. Man, those honest and trustworthy politicians in Washington, DC are going to finally make it all better for us.)

What percentage of their income should the rich pay the government? 40? 50? 60?

Exactly what tax rates are the Democrats proposing?

What happens when the rich don't have enough to pay for the government 'services' those of us who are less fortunate are entitled to? What happens when they start digging in your pile of manure? Think you'll still be calling for more and bigger government?

Come to think of it the federal government is about to scoop deeper into my tiny pile of manure starting in January. (see the beginning of this thread) I'm not rich, what the hey?

Bush's fault? Nope he's long gone. The evil Republicans' fault? Nope they only control a single branch of congress. Now who is left...let me think a sec...oh I know, how about Barack freakin Obama and Harry freakin Reid?
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Good morning Mr. Horse... The government making a grab for your money pile and throwing it out the windows like confetti is the way hard liners interpret that 'spread the wealth' statement... I doubt you would find a very big percentage of people anywhere that actually advocate that... Money being piled up in a scrooge McDuck money bin of some kind does damage to the economy.. Folks getting better paychecks and turning that money into goods and services that others of us produce and getting better paychecks for producing those goods and services makes for a stronger economy but I think you know that, I don't believe for a minute that folks like yourself and other hardliners here think the rich getting richer at the expense of the rest of us is good for our economy... If somebody's money pile is growing, somebody's is shrinking, I don't believe our government prints money for the sole purpose of making folks richer while the rest of us just stroll along un-affected by this.... Better paychecks are a much better stimulus to the economy than cheaper labor, cheaper and cheaper labor causes a domino effect and we find ourselves going in the wrong direction... The reference to financial resources 'piling up like manure' is a good analogy to whats happening.