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From: Chris Bellomy on 19 Dec 2009 23:09 assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/19/09 8:48 PM: > On 18-Dec-2009, David Laville <dglaville(a)nospam.bellsouth.net> wrote: > >>> Sorry, but it's factual. Poorer people pay a far greater >>> percentage of their income in those taxes and fees than >>> do the wealthy. Period. >> Do you even know what a progressive tax is? > > it seems to be his key to utopia, when in reality it kills jobs and opens up > more avenues for graft. If we taxed spending instead of creating our economy > would be more robust. Let me get this straight... to stimulate spending, you want to discourage spending. That's... brilliant.
From: Chris Bellomy on 19 Dec 2009 23:10 assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/19/09 9:01 PM: > On 18-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: > >>>> These are the ultra-elite I'm talking about here. We're talking >>>> wealth that no one in this group can imagine *seeing*, much >>>> less making in one year. In case you haven't been paying >>>> attention, they run the country, and have been running it >>>> for awhile now. >>> You're talking about the politics of envy. >> No envy. I'm just saying that a permanent oligarchy is >> bad for the country. I sure as hell don't want to *be* >> part of the ruling elite. > > These words strike me as ironic coming from someone who's whole political > world is financed by Soros You don't really get out much, do you?
From: Carbon on 19 Dec 2009 23:14 On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:01:09 +0000, assimilate wrote: > On 18-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: > >>>> These are the ultra-elite I'm talking about here. We're talking >>>> wealth that no one in this group can imagine *seeing*, much less >>>> making in one year. In case you haven't been paying attention, they >>>> run the country, and have been running it for awhile now. >>> >>> You're talking about the politics of envy. >> >> No envy. I'm just saying that a permanent oligarchy is bad for the >> country. I sure as hell don't want to *be* part of the ruling elite. > > These words strike me as ironic coming from someone who's whole > political world is financed by Soros That's about as meaningful as saying your entire political world is financed by Murdoch.
From: Carbon on 19 Dec 2009 23:17 On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:35:50 +0000, assimilate wrote: > On 18-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: >> >>> where? >> >> talkingpointsmemo.com did quite a bit of the investigative reporting, >> which probably explains why you never read it. Nevertheless, if you >> want to get down to the details, those are the archives to read. The >> reporting was quite thorough and specific. > > I did read it and was not convinced. TPM is occasionally good, but > inconsistent. Meeting minutes work for ya? British gov't admitted they were legit: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/1
From: dene on 20 Dec 2009 15:05
"Chris Bellomy" <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote in message news:3pudnbsPEvlX9bHWnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d(a)supernews.com... > Progressive taxation is the best and most > efficient brake against overconcentration, for a number > of reasons I'm too tired to list. (Any day that ends up > with my wife in the hospital is gonna be exhausting.) Hope she's on the mend, Chris! -Greg |