tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post2638765363790446538..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Republicans and Millionaires - Class Warfare and GreedBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-47775823614528979232011-09-23T11:55:31.761-07:002011-09-23T11:55:31.761-07:00“It may well be that the determination of the gove...“It may well be that the determination of the government (in which, gentlemen, it will not waver) to punish certain malefactors of great wealth, has been responsible for something of the trouble; at least to the extent of having caused these men to combine to bring about as much financial stress as possible, in order to discredit the policy of the government and thereby secure a reversal of that policy, so that they may enjoy unmolested the fruits of their own evil-doing. I regard this contest as one to determine who shall rule this free country — the people through their governmental agents, or a few ruthless and domineering men whose wealth makes them peculiarly formidable because they hide behind the breastworks of corporate organization.” - Teddy RooseveltBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-53798104765781043502011-09-20T20:46:57.230-07:002011-09-20T20:46:57.230-07:00It's much easier to cheat an ignorant and uned...It's much easier to cheat an ignorant and uneducated person like myself, being a 55-year-old high school drop-out. If we're not a tax attorney we have to pay someone to prepare our federal tax returns. That's why we need a more simplified tax code, so that everyone can understand it. Are tax laws deliberately written so that we can't understand them? Why can't we all just pay a certain percentage of all our total gross earnings (what we can put in our pocket)? Read this article if you agree.<br /><br />http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/the-biggest-challenge-for-todays-tax-reformers/Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-4260077185946858392011-09-20T20:06:20.036-07:002011-09-20T20:06:20.036-07:00We work with our hands and pay a greater share as ...We work with our hands and pay a greater share as a percentage in taxes although we have less to spend.<br /><br />The rich has their money work for them and pays a lesser share as a percentage in taxes although they spend as they please.<br /><br />For the rich, nothing costs too much; nothing is out of reach. Only taxes are their bane. They and the Republicans are pushing that they pay NO capital gains taxes at all!!!Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com