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You’re Voting Against Your Self-Interest!!!!!
That’s the usual refrain from prograssholes. Actually, they redundantly add the word “own” to the phrase., as in, “your own self-interest”, yet they are the party of intelligentsia.
They need to be locked in a room and beat about the head and neck with a little Thomas Sowell.
We have heard many times from President Barack Obama how he plans to raise taxes on “millionaires and billionaires,” but not on the middle class. Apparently, if you don’t happen to be a millionaire or billionaire, you don’t have to worry.
But the numbers say otherwise — and say so big time.
The actual tax increase plans being proposed by Obama do not start with people who have an income of a million dollars a year. They start with people with incomes of $250,000 and up.
That is more than most people make, but it is far short of a million dollars, and miles away from a billion dollars. How many of the people who stand to get hit with Obama’s higher tax rate plan are in fact either millionaires or billionaires?
According to the Internal Revenue Service, there are more than 2,700,000 people who earn $250,000 a year or more — and fewer than one-tenth of them earn a million dollars or more. So more than nine-tenths of the people who would be hit with the higher taxes supposedly aimed at “millionaires and billionaires” are neither.
When businesses advertise one thing and then actually sell something else, that is called “bait and switch” advertising. That is exactly what President Obama is doing with his proposed tax increases on “millionaires and billionaires.”
It gets worse when you look at the potential economic consequences of the tax rate increases being proposed.
Jason in SD
September 5th, 2012
To which my response *always* is, “who do you think you are that you can tell me what my best interests are?”
eternal cracker p
September 5th, 2012
Income tax shouldn’t be permissible. Tax the consumption. What good does a billion dollars do in a the pocket of a billionaire? It’s the same thing as a homeless person with a dollar in his pocket. There is no benefit gained until the money is spent.
reddecaesari
September 5th, 2012
thank you mr. sowell for your wisdom.
it is appreciated.
Moe Tom
September 5th, 2012
Thomas Sowell is a writer. He writes great books. Most Blacks don’t read. Most Blacks will vote for Obama, because they don’t read Thomas Sowell. How do I know that? Why, Black hero Chris Rock told me. many times on TVee. Rock says (Blacks) don’t read. Books are like Kryptonite to Blacks. Chris says that if you want to hide your money from a Black burglar, hide it in books. They won’t touch no mo^&erf&*kin’ books. That’s why Obama will get 90 percent of the Black vote.
Bye the way, I never noticed, but Thomas Sowell is Black.
Moe Tom
September 5th, 2012
Just kidding.
Chuck U Farley
September 5th, 2012
Why go into an argument/discussion with a libtard armed with facts?
They don’t believe ‘em even if you hit them over the head with them. You could shove a 12″ Q-tip doused in Clorox through one ear and out the other and they would still drivel on about ‘fairness’ and ‘fair share’ and ‘free’ and ‘everyone has the right’ claptrap until you finally get frustrated and go away. Leaving the proglodyte basking in the glory of their self-righteous smugness.
It’s much better to beat them at their own game.
“So, you feel it’s best that everyone be equal, like Obama’s brother?”
“The Republicans want us to go back to 1812. Ain’t it great that the democrats only want us to go back to 1917?”
“I agree, Global Warming is bad, but it sure is nice when it’s warm enough to extend the growing season so more people can be fed, huh?”
“So, you give your ‘fair share’, right?”
“4.5 million jobs Obama created is great! When’s he gonna get jobs for the 23 million he put out of work?”
“Boy, Obama is really working hard on lowering those gas prices that he inherited from Bush.”
“I can’t wait for my Obama-endorsed Clinton tax increases to kick in.”
“It’s really sad that Mitt Romney want to kill all the Polar Bears. But, wouldn’t that mean there would be less cutesy little seals being eaten alive by Polar Bears?”
“I’m sure every college grads dream is to move back into their parent’s basement.”
“Mitt Romney needs to release his tax records, right after Obama releases his college transcripts, his college grades, who paid for his private schools, his birth certificate, his student loan payments, his passport, his social security information, his draft records, how big Valerie Jarrett’s strap-on is, how much is a membership in Man’s Country, why does Mooch pee standing up while Barry sits down to do it? …”
Annie
September 5th, 2012
The 250K tax is the punishment for achievement law.
Better known as the he/she is having a better time that I am in my Section 8 housing. Bastards.
Moe Tom
September 5th, 2012
I’m watching Clinton speak. Wondering when he will shut to fuck up. He’s going to miss his blow job appointment with Sandra Fluke. Can’t take it anymore. He is soooo full of shit. I wish that Anita Broadrick and Paula Jones were allowed to speak after the Fkuke broad.
Moe Tom
September 5th, 2012
You know what’s really funny? 99 percent of the people who are listening to Clinton right now (11.15 9/5/12) don’t have a fucking clue what he’s talking about. All those big words. all those figures, all those tax”s goin’down, all those bridges shit. all this trickle down shit,they just aplaud. They are morans. They will vote for Obama and Biden. We have our work cut out. We have to vote for Romney/Ryan
Anonymous
September 6th, 2012
It is you , Moe Tom who don’t have a fucking idea, beyond your second grade education. This is a few pay grades beyond your ability to comprehend. Stick with this blog, because it’s your speed.
Anonymous
September 6th, 2012
Another self hating black person. The hope is that, even he will find out the truth about conservatives and that may very well save his life one of these days..
mkultra
September 6th, 2012
Thomas Sowell is of the greatest thinkers in our lifetime, Hiney. You want to see a self-hating slave? Put on your Obama t shirt and look in the mirror.
Roscoe P. Soultrane
September 6th, 2012
@Moe Tom: “Books are like Kryptonite to Blacks”
I thought that was what chubby blonde chicks were for?
I hereby denounce myself.
muddjuice (Absolutist)
September 6th, 2012
And the truth about conservatives is they want everyone to strive to succeed based on their own abilities and personal drive, regardless of race, creed , color or religion.
Yep. People should flee from that. It’s of the devil…../sarc
Thanks for coming in here Anon and spouting off talking points without a shred of proof or anything valid to offer. You are a great representation of a liberal, socialist, marxist democrat…