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Originally Posted by Karma Police  3. KevinG asserts that our income and estate taxes punish the rich. Yet, study after study shows there is a widening gap in our country between the super rich and everyone else. Once again, the actual evidence doesn't support Kevin's emotional arguments. |
The taxes do punish the rich. The rich are just smart enough and strong willed enough to overcome and persevere. Of all of my friends, only one of the milionaires drives a car that she bought new. All of the rest bought used cars. Of my non-milionaire friends, there are MANY that bought new cars. The fact that the rich stay rich is because they teach one another about finance. They teach their children about finance. I learned my financial skills from a rich guy who used to hang around and chat with me while my father and I were repairing his airplanes. The poor stay poor because they never learn any financial skills. I bootstrapped out of the slums because I paid attention. My parents and sister, however, are another story.
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Originally Posted by gberardi Oh, and 12,600 out of 295,734,134 Americans is 4e-5. Not as many as people claim? Apparently... |
That's 12,600 out of the number of people that die... not out of the number of men, women, and children living in the US. (according to the
The CIA World FactBook, 20% are under 15, and I would wager that most of them do not pay taxes.) Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.