tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post5467524869688754391..comments2024-03-26T17:44:07.430-04:00Comments on Viking Pundit: Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-83050358140412710612010-09-18T14:06:47.978-04:002010-09-18T14:06:47.978-04:00Well, as long as it "seems" that way, wh...Well, as long as it "seems" that way, why bother with the actual tax figures?Down with this sort of thing!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-51125318320301188632010-09-17T21:34:57.465-04:002010-09-17T21:34:57.465-04:00Putting half the population on the dole and demoni...Putting half the population on the dole and demonizing the rich are features, not bugs. People paying their own way might be tempted to stay with their votes.<br /><br />Sure seems like the "rich" are paying more. I know because they decided I'm rich.Bramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-43760941761538735462010-09-17T00:09:19.692-04:002010-09-17T00:09:19.692-04:00I wasn't hiding the income context; I just did...<i>I wasn't hiding the income context; I just didn't explicitly repeat it here.</i><br /><br />Sure, but the point - that our tax policy disproportionately hammers the richest Americans, and is getting worse - is false.$$$noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-4522243065769525172010-09-16T22:36:18.681-04:002010-09-16T22:36:18.681-04:00The respective Clinton and Bush economies may have...The respective Clinton and Bush economies may have played a teensy-weensy role there.T.R. Ickledownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-63283157057749470332010-09-16T21:52:53.976-04:002010-09-16T21:52:53.976-04:00In my defense, dollar guy, I linked to a New York ...In my defense, dollar guy, I linked to a New York Times analysis that included much of what you said. So I wasn't hiding the income context; I just didn't explicitly repeat it here.<br /><br />Hey, I didn't know Clinton loved the rich so much - more than Bush!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-53448134112163343882010-09-16T21:01:10.830-04:002010-09-16T21:01:10.830-04:00Marvelous, I made out well; you shouldn't have...Marvelous, I made out well; you shouldn't have stood under the tree.Vermont Woodchuckhttp://vermontwoodchuck.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-82841825264858842582010-09-16T20:19:30.783-04:002010-09-16T20:19:30.783-04:00Skip the silly tree metaphor. We've had a lit...Skip the silly tree metaphor. We've had a little less than a decade of Republican tax relief concentrated towards the rich, who were going to turn that windfall into expanded jobs and investment, benefiting everyone. How'd that plan turn out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-39860577693706621152010-09-16T19:05:01.915-04:002010-09-16T19:05:01.915-04:00Doesn't make much difference which way it tips...Doesn't make much difference which way it tips over. Cut down a tree and it falls. Either on you or away from you but it's still down. <br /><br />Now no more shade, soil retention and reseeding. The rich have all the trees, everyone else has to move away. What do you do with the trees?Vermont Woodchuckhttp://vermontwoodchuck.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-76453850461986364312010-09-16T03:21:00.228-04:002010-09-16T03:21:00.228-04:00Have we reached the tipping point? We've alrea...<i>Have we reached the tipping point? We've already constructed a tax policy where the top 1% of Americans pay more in total taxes than the bottom 95%.</i><br /><br />Er... no. That much-touted statistic strictly reflects the federal tax rate on declared income. Which is very different from what people make and what people pay.<br /><br />Here are some more numbers. The top 1% took home 23$$$noreply@blogger.com