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No one is "moving jobs"....Global competition dictates the marketplace. To be frank, there are not that many jobs that are not here that used to be.
Most jobs that have disappeared by attrition or technology.
It simply takes less people to do the same amount of work that it did 30 or even 20 years ago.
As a matter of fact our production output is greater than it ever has been. Hence reason why the handwringers get to post these dopey charts that indicate productivity has outpaced wages. Of course it has. When fewer workers are required to produce a higher volume of product, the cost goes down and thus the amount of wages paid to produce the product. This is not some evil plot to create a large underclass.
Look, if you want perpetual employment where government mandates employees are kept on the payroll even when there is nothing for them to do, move to France. That country has such laws. And 20% unemployment with a generation of youth that cannot find decent work because they have to wait until someone dies or retires in order to get a job.
Actually, France's unemployment rate is about the same as ours..
International Unemployment Rates and Employment Indexes, Seasonally Adjusted, 2007-2011
I will concede "productivity" has reduced the number of workers. And the geniuses pat themselves on the back and pay themselves eight figure salaries and pride themselves on what a great job they've done.
And they've pretty much created millions of Democratic voters. Because the more people you make dependent on Government, the more government they will tend to vote for.
"Similar to winning the lottery"
Only a snob leftist prick would use such an analogy....
What the hell are you babbling about?
In regards to being income, they are similar, because they only happen one time, rather than happening repeatedly, as with wages, investment dividends, etc.
Get a grip.
No it's not income...
Every accountant on this earth would NEVER call it income...
It's called a fucking inheritance and is (wrongly) taxed as such...
Only a fucking democrat would look forward to having their life savings taxed at 50%...
No one is "moving jobs"....Global competition dictates the marketplace. .
yes, a liberal simply cant understand this point or capitalism in general. He imagines that if corporations just stayed here and made over priced union junk the American people would mysteriously stop going to WalMart to buy lower priced higher quality stuff from China.
In fact the people would continue to shop at WalMart to improve their standard of living and the home bound American corporations would go bankrupt with 100% of the jobs.
Are you some kind of high-grade retard who thinks that stuff coming in from China is "higher quality". Really?
YOu know, the ones where they put lead in the paint of kids toys, or put anti-freeze in the toothpaste sold in dollar stores?
Again, I'm always amazed you begrudge the guy who does the work a fair wage, but think that the executives making the horrible decisions really deserve those 8 figure salaries when their companies go into bankruptcy.
This is the kind of "Capitalism" that Romney represents, and why the man is pretty much the political equivlent of the Ebola Virus.
What the hell are you babbling about?
In regards to being income, they are similar, because they only happen one time, rather than happening repeatedly, as with wages, investment dividends, etc.
Get a grip.
No it's not income...
Every accountant on this earth would NEVER call it income...
It's called a fucking inheritance and is (wrongly) taxed as such...
Only a fucking democrat would look forward to having their life savings taxed at 50%...
Oh for criminies sakes, if you're going to opine about this law, Mr Nick, the very least you ought to do is learn what the law really says.
The estate tax is scheduled to a top rate of 35%.
The exemption amount is scheduled to be $5.0 million, or $10 million for married couples.
Not enough free money for you?
Poor little rich boy.
What the hell are you babbling about?
In regards to being income, they are similar, because they only happen one time, rather than happening repeatedly, as with wages, investment dividends, etc.
Get a grip.
No it's not income...
Every accountant on this earth would NEVER call it income...
It's called a fucking inheritance and is (wrongly) taxed as such...
Only a fucking democrat would look forward to having their life savings taxed at 50%...
Oh for criminies sakes, if you're going to opine about this law, Mr Nick, the very least you ought to do is learn what the law really says.
The estate tax is scheduled to a top rate of 35%.
The exemption amount is scheduled to be $5.0 million, or $10 million for married couples.
Not enough free money for you?
Poor little rich boy.
No it's not income...
Every accountant on this earth would NEVER call it income...
It's called a fucking inheritance and is (wrongly) taxed as such...
Only a fucking democrat would look forward to having their life savings taxed at 50%...
Oh for criminies sakes, if you're going to opine about this law, Mr Nick, the very least you ought to do is learn what the law really says.
The estate tax is scheduled to a top rate of 35%.
The exemption amount is scheduled to be $5.0 million, or $10 million for married couples.
Not enough free money for you?
Poor little rich boy.
The amount is immaterial. The issue is that the federal government in it's arrogance beleives it is entitled to ANY part of an estate just because a person happens to die.
That money has been taxed many times over and government still wants another bite at the apple.
I once heard an interview of a top level IRS spokes person. She used the words "we let you keep"....I almost wanted to go the radio station and plant my foot in this woman's ass.
That phrase "we let you keep" presupposes the notion that all wealth belongs to government FIRST....Hogwash.
Unfortunately there are many people in this country who believe everything begins and ends with government.
Once again I must congratulate Mr Foxfyre for marrying such a sharp lady...Oh for criminies sakes, if you're going to opine about this law, Mr Nick, the very least you ought to do is learn what the law really says.
The estate tax is scheduled to a top rate of 35%.
The exemption amount is scheduled to be $5.0 million, or $10 million for married couples.
Not enough free money for you?
Poor little rich boy.
The amount is immaterial. The issue is that the federal government in it's arrogance beleives it is entitled to ANY part of an estate just because a person happens to die.
That money has been taxed many times over and government still wants another bite at the apple.
I once heard an interview of a top level IRS spokes person. She used the words "we let you keep"....I almost wanted to go the radio station and plant my foot in this woman's ass.
That phrase "we let you keep" presupposes the notion that all wealth belongs to government FIRST....Hogwash.
Unfortunately there are many people in this country who believe everything begins and ends with government.
From what I've seen, that's the primary difference between left and right when it comes to property, including the income that we earn from labor or investments. Those on the right, whether they fully think it through or not, embrace the Founderts' understanding that if personal property is not sacred and untouchable by govetrnment, there is no freedom. The government should receive, courtesy of the people, only as much as is necessary to fund the Constitutional functions of government. Those on the right are not given to class envy but see the infinite possibilities in a social contract in which the people are not servants of the government.
The left however, sees everything belonging to the collective and, whether they fully think it through or not, philosophically see the government as the entity that determines what rights, including property, that we will be allowed to have. If you read carefully what they write, the left embraces the concept of a monarchal government with rightful power over the people. They seem unable to conceive of a government as the servant of the people and resist that concept when it is put before them. They see that the duty of the people is to serve the government who then takes care of everybody who isn't rich. Class envy is just one of the phenomenon that helps them justify their ideology in their own minds.
The Founders gave us a Constitution and philosophy of government in which the people can be free, unfettered by whatever circumstances into which they are born, and where opportunity is there for the taking for everybody. It is ever more obvious that we are losing the heart and soul of that Constitution, however, and if we do not constantly defend and fight for it, it will soon be too late to reverse that trend.
The facts should anger you.
You say any person deserves to keep every cent they make. That would be fine, except that most of the people in the top 5% are not EARNING all of the money that they are MAKING.
Why ignore the evidence?
Wealth And Inequality In America
Productivity and profits are up, yet wages for the middle class haven't changed over the last few decades unlike the 1%
I don't think that I should make more money simply because of the top 5%. I just the think the wealthy should pay a fair tax that would go to benefit programs for lower level workers. In doing so, their hardwork can be fulfilled.
What the hell are you babbling about?
In regards to being income, they are similar, because they only happen one time, rather than happening repeatedly, as with wages, investment dividends, etc.
Get a grip.
No it's not income...
Every accountant on this earth would NEVER call it income...
It's called a fucking inheritance and is (wrongly) taxed as such...
Only a fucking democrat would look forward to having their life savings taxed at 50%...
Oh for criminies sakes, if you're going to opine about this law, Mr Nick, the very least you ought to do is learn what the law really says.
The estate tax is scheduled to a top rate of 35%.
The exemption amount is scheduled to be $5.0 million, or $10 million for married couples.
Not enough free money for you?
Poor little rich boy.
You believe fair is a mathematical concept? Since when? I have studied math for years and never came across the concept anywhere.
It is called an "equal" sign.
The facts should anger you.
You say any person deserves to keep every cent they make. That would be fine, except that most of the people in the top 5% are not EARNING all of the money that they are MAKING.
Why ignore the evidence?
Wealth And Inequality In America
Productivity and profits are up, yet wages for the middle class haven't changed over the last few decades unlike the 1%
I don't think that I should make more money simply because of the top 5%. I just the think the wealthy should pay a fair tax that would go to benefit programs for lower level workers. In doing so, their hardwork can be fulfilled.
Billy000 - the better question is - why do you liberals cry like little girls over som something you control? If you don't like what you are getting paid, then quit your damn job and go find a new damn job. Or, start your own damn business and you can be the "evil" owner making all of the money.
At the end of the day, talented people make as much money as they want, and useless, lazy, talentless people cry about mythical "inequality".
The facts should anger you.
You say any person deserves to keep every cent they make. That would be fine, except that most of the people in the top 5% are not EARNING all of the money that they are MAKING.
Why ignore the evidence?
Wealth And Inequality In America
Productivity and profits are up, yet wages for the middle class haven't changed over the last few decades unlike the 1%
I don't think that I should make more money simply because of the top 5%. I just the think the wealthy should pay a fair tax that would go to benefit programs for lower level workers. In doing so, their hardwork can be fulfilled.
Billy000 - the better question is - why do you liberals cry like little girls over som something you control? If you don't like what you are getting paid, then quit your damn job and go find a new damn job. Or, start your own damn business and you can be the "evil" owner making all of the money.
At the end of the day, talented people make as much money as they want, and useless, lazy, talentless people cry about mythical "inequality".
The facts should anger you.
You say any person deserves to keep every cent they make. That would be fine, except that most of the people in the top 5% are not EARNING all of the money that they are MAKING.
Why ignore the evidence?
Wealth And Inequality In America
Productivity and profits are up, yet wages for the middle class haven't changed over the last few decades unlike the 1%
I don't think that I should make more money simply because of the top 5%. I just the think the wealthy should pay a fair tax that would go to benefit programs for lower level workers. In doing so, their hardwork can be fulfilled.
Billy000 - the better question is - why do you liberals cry like little girls over som something you control? If you don't like what you are getting paid, then quit your damn job and go find a new damn job. Or, start your own damn business and you can be the "evil" owner making all of the money.
At the end of the day, talented people make as much money as they want, and useless, lazy, talentless people cry about mythical "inequality".
Gingrich really pissed off a lot of libs and was labeled a racist because he suggested that the federal government would be willing to offer training to go get a job, then training to help improve the person's ability to get a better job and some day be able to OWN the job.
Any suggestion of self help or self determination sends libs into orbit around Saturn.
They cannot handle the suggestion that people CAN accomplish things as long as they are willing to help themselves.
No libs would rather beat up business based on a perception that ALL workers are grossly underpaid. Libs despise the idea of individualism, achievement and success.
Libs feel that we are all incompetent and we are incapable. We must be saved form ourselves.
Sorry, guy, there is a pie.
It's called "The amount of profit an enterprise makes". And back in the 1950's or 60's, it was shared pretty fairly- if you were white and working class.
Please point out anything I said that was inaccurate.
I'll ask you honestly, did Wagoneer, the guy who ran GM into the ground and require a government bailout, deserve a 12 million dollar salary? The only reason why he was thrown out was because the government insisted he leave as a condition of the bailout, becuase he was kind of worthless.
But you'd begrudge the union thug ACTUALLY ASSEMBLING THE CAR $28.00 an hour.
Can you kind of see where your priorities are kind of skewed here?
Your first word calling the statement that wealth is not a 0 sum game is inaccurate.
NOthing to do with my point. Please get off the Limbaugh cliches. This is not a case of an expanding pie, and hasn't been an expanding pie in some time. The pie is shrinking, and the rich are demanding ever larger slices.
The fact is, if you are dividing the pie, we were far better off as a country when working schlubs got a more even share of the pie, because they turned around and spent on consumber goods, employing other working schlubs.
"If my workers can't afford my products, I don't have a business" - Henry Ford.
Oh please. Making up shit along the way does not make it fact.Sorry, guy, there is a pie.
It's called "The amount of profit an enterprise makes". And back in the 1950's or 60's, it was shared pretty fairly- if you were white and working class.
He can't....Expect a response loaded with spin.Your first word calling the statement that wealth is not a 0 sum game is inaccurate.
NOthing to do with my point. Please get off the Limbaugh cliches. This is not a case of an expanding pie, and hasn't been an expanding pie in some time. The pie is shrinking, and the rich are demanding ever larger slices.
The fact is, if you are dividing the pie, we were far better off as a country when working schlubs got a more even share of the pie, because they turned around and spent on consumber goods, employing other working schlubs.
"If my workers can't afford my products, I don't have a business" - Henry Ford.
If the pie is not getting bigger how do you explain the fact that GDP is increasing?
Why should one work hard and build a resume and profit off of it while another does nothing???
