The only problem in this scenario is that the the more you make the less you pay on a percentage basis into Social Security15% of 400k is the same percentage as 15% of 100k except between 106k and 400k you pay nada. zip.
lets see who is for helping the poor and who wants to
- (boxley)
- (43)
- Jan. 26, 2012, 09:40:51 PM EST
$2k in assetts =/= $2k in the bank. HTH.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Jan. 26, 2012, 09:58:15 PM EST
Scale
- (drook)
- (1)
- Jan. 26, 2012, 10:48:39 PM EST
nope in a previous post I pointed out that by removing
- (boxley)
- Jan. 27, 2012, 09:08:06 AM EST
seems like we have faux liberals here
-NT
- (boxley)
- (39)
- Jan. 26, 2012, 11:26:17 PM EST
It seems some of those trolling are losing their MoJo. ;-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (38)
- Jan. 27, 2012, 07:29:03 AM EST
Nope, it appears that you support class envy but not change
- (boxley)
- (37)
- Jan. 27, 2012, 09:05:19 AM EST
Taxes pay for the safety net, that's what it's for
- (drook)
- (36)
- Jan. 27, 2012, 01:02:00 PM EST
ditto
-NT
- (lincoln)
- Jan. 27, 2012, 06:34:21 PM EST
so steal from the rich and the poor to enjoy yer lifestyle
- (boxley)
- (33)
- Jan. 28, 2012, 10:25:46 AM EST
OK
- (drook)
- (32)
- Jan. 28, 2012, 11:46:41 AM EST
Box only listens in Republican
- (lincoln)
- Jan. 28, 2012, 03:54:36 PM EST
tax is not the right word
- (boxley)
- (30)
- Jan. 28, 2012, 06:40:44 PM EST
Let's spitball some numbers
- (drook)
- (26)
- Jan. 29, 2012, 11:06:11 AM EST
your numbers dont add up
- (boxley)
- Jan. 29, 2012, 09:53:51 PM EST
now I think you missed what I was saying
- (boxley)
- (24)
- Jan. 29, 2012, 09:59:00 PM EST
Chicken feed
- (drook)
- (23)
- Jan. 29, 2012, 10:26:52 PM EST
so again, you want the rich to subsidize the bourgeois
- (boxley)
- (22)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 08:53:31 AM EST
s/ at the expense of / in addition to / ____ hope that helps
-NT
- (drook)
- (21)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 09:46:52 AM EST
not really, the safety net was not built for the middleclass
- (boxley)
- (20)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 04:36:15 PM EST
No
- (drook)
- (19)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 05:58:13 PM EST
So you should be able to have someone richer than you pay
- (boxley)
- (18)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 07:04:44 PM EST
Do you want to talk macro or micro?
- (drook)
- (17)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 08:31:57 PM EST
hmm, thats not how this thread started
- (boxley)
- (16)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 09:06:17 PM EST
No it won't.
- (Another Scott)
- (9)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 09:18:05 PM EST
Yup, scale
-NT
- (drook)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 09:25:01 PM EST
so its okay to get freebies from the government
- (boxley)
- (7)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 09:26:44 PM EST
SS and Medicare aren't freebies. Open your ears.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 09:28:55 PM EST
you open yours
- (boxley)
- (5)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 09:37:36 PM EST
What's your complaint? What problem are you solving?
- (drook)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 10:00:20 PM EST
...
- (Another Scott)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 10:18:32 PM EST
That's only 1/2 the equasion....
- (S1mon_Jester)
- (2)
- Feb. 1, 2012, 10:14:12 PM EST
Delaying Medicare won't save money.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Feb. 1, 2012, 10:33:11 PM EST
I like Krugman
- (S1mon_Jester)
- Feb. 1, 2012, 11:58:01 PM EST
Re: stealing.
- (mmoffitt)
- (5)
- Feb. 1, 2012, 09:50:58 AM EST
Re: stealing.
- (folkert)
- (1)
- Feb. 1, 2012, 10:20:13 AM EST
No, I'm a Marxist. Ask nearly anybody on this board. ;0)
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Feb. 1, 2012, 01:01:17 PM EST
Bzzzt
- (beepster)
- (1)
- Feb. 1, 2012, 11:42:21 AM EST
Bzzzt back.
- (mmoffitt)
- Feb. 1, 2012, 12:58:41 PM EST
money he wasnt paying taxes on otherwise the gummint gets it
-NT
- (boxley)
- Feb. 1, 2012, 04:50:48 PM EST
??????
- (lincoln)
- (2)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 04:44:16 PM EST
I noticed your second sentence
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Jan. 30, 2012, 07:05:49 PM EST
I'm seriously...
- (folkert)
- Jan. 31, 2012, 07:34:34 AM EST
Yup.
- (Another Scott)
- Jan. 28, 2012, 12:25:07 PM EST