Or plutocracy in modern terms. Oligarchy in Plato's Republic.
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White House to Allow Bush Tax Cuts for Wealthy to Expire
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Quote from Tom B:
$200,000 for an individual and $250,000 for a couple filing a joint tax return is not rich.
True.
Odumba letting the Bush tax cuts expire, AND at the same time I hear rumors about some other type of "stimulus" the idiots are thinking about.
Higher taxes, and more government spending... I want to run for the hills.:eek: Is there ANY common sense left in the US?
Quote from LEAPup:
True.
Odumba letting the Bush tax cuts expire, AND at the same time I hear rumors about some other type of "stimulus" the idiots are thinking about.
Higher taxes, and more government spending... I want to run for the hills.:eek: Is there ANY common sense left in the US?
$250,000 is middle class, as far as I am concerned.
My quality of life did not improve going from 55k (first job) to 300k. I still drive an economy car. Still live in a middle class neighborhood. I have a slight buffer against being on the streets, but a health care emergency could wipe me out.
A truly rich person? Someone who can't be wiped out by an unexpected health care expense -- and that does not happen unless someone makes at least 7 figures.
Quote from directionless:
$250,000 is middle class, as far as I am concerned.
My quality of life did not improve going from 55k (first job) to 300k. I still drive an economy car. Still live in a middle class neighborhood. I have a slight buffer against being on the streets, but a health care emergency could wipe me out.
A truly rich person? Someone who can't be wiped out by an unexpected health care expense -- and that does not happen unless someone makes at least 7 figures.
I agree.
Quote from directionless:
$250,000 is middle class, as far as I am concerned.
My quality of life did not improve going from 55k (first job) to 300k. I still drive an economy car. Still live in a middle class neighborhood. I have a slight buffer against being on the streets, but a health care emergency could wipe me out.
A truly rich person? Someone who can't be wiped out by an unexpected health care expense -- and that does not happen unless someone makes at least 7 figures.
Right, but 250+ isn't bearing that much of an increase either and all thats happening is they're going back to where their marginal rates were reduced to over the decades.
This kind of thing, the details, is where the debate is always
the refuge for obfuscation.