Boston Tea Party on The Common

[JohnR]

I regard the amount I'm spending now in income tax is at the very high end of fair. I would like to see it go down but current is sustainable. What is not sustainable for me is all the new taxes and fees. What is not sustainable is our country's spending right now. This spending is significantly greater than what it takes in. How can this be good?

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by JohnR

I regard the amount I'm spending now in income tax is at the very high end of fair. I would like to see it go down but current is sustainable. What is not sustainable for me is all the new taxes and fees. What is not sustainable is our country's spending right now. This spending is significantly greater than what it takes in. How can this be good?

Hey, what till VAT hits
Europe's VAT Lessons - WSJ.com

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by JohnR

I regard the amount I'm spending now in income tax is at the very high end of fair. I would like to see it go down but current is sustainable. What is not sustainable for me is all the new taxes and fees. What is not sustainable is our country's spending right now. This spending is significantly greater than what it takes in. How can this be good?

JR, if you have money in the bank, eventually interest rates are going to soar. Good for the people who are prudent, not willing to gamble on the stock exchange.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by JohnR

I regard the amount I'm spending now in income tax is at the very high end of fair. I would like to see it go down but current is sustainable. What is not sustainable for me is all the new taxes and fees. What is not sustainable is our country's spending right now. This spending is significantly greater than what it takes in. How can this be good?

well, according to Obama in his speech yesterday...you need to stop asking these amusing but rediculous questions and start thanking him

[justplugit]

Didn't Joe Biden say it was good to pay taxes?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by justplugit

Didn't Joe Biden say it was good to pay taxes?

Joe Biden said "everyone has to have some skin in the game" and something else about paying taxes being patriotic.... the wealthy Joe Biden gave 1.44% of his income to charity last year...almost no skin in that game......Obama did a little better coming in just under 6%...although, his income 5.5 million was almost entirely derived from the fraud Nobel prize that he was handed and income from two fictional books that were written for him....don't know if Mrs. O had any income from her 300k no-show job....so much for "earned income" and charity...easy to spread the wealth around when you did/do little or nothing to earn it...I guess it explains their views on taxation and charity...

complete frauds

[buckman]

Originally Posted by scottw

Joe Biden said "everyone has to have some skin in the game" and something else about paying taxes being patriotic.... the wealthy Joe Biden gave 1.44% of his income to charity last year...almost no skin in that game......Obama did a little better coming in just under 6%...although, his income 5.5 million was almost entirely derived from the fraud Nobel prize that he was handed and income from two fictional books that were written for him....don't know if Mrs. O had any income from her 300k no-show job....so much for "earned income" and charity...easy to spread the wealth around when you did/do little or nothing to earn it...I guess it explains their views on taxation and charity...

complete frauds

Obama donated 100% of his Nobel Prize money. I'm willing to give him props when he deserves it.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by buckman

Obama donated 100% of his Nobel Prize money. I'm willing to give him props when he deserves it.

wouldn't you have been shocked if he'd kept a penny of it?

if anyone wants to give me a ton of money that I've done nothing to deserve...I'd also be happy to donate 100% of it to charity....and I'm not even a millionaire or living lavishly and having all of my daily expenses being paid for by campaign contributions, which is what he did for most of 2009...

Buck, I honestly would care if they hadn't given a penny to charity but for all of their rhetoric, the point is that for all of the lip flapping, these guys only practice what they preach with other people's money....

[buckman]

Originally Posted by scottw

well, according to Obama in his speech yesterday...you need to stop asking these amusing but rediculous questions and start thanking him

I heard that speach too. He is the most arrogant, insensitive, and classless President ever. He has nothing but disdain for "the opposition". He truly just doesn't get it.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by buckman

I heard that speach too. He is the most arrogant, insensitive, and classless President ever. He has nothing but disdain for "the opposition". He truly just doesn't get it.

He was just telling them to "Bring It On."