Obama's Wealth Redistribution Plan

[festeringZit]

[from a friend, comments?]

Yesterday on my way to lunch, I passed one of the homeless guys in the area, with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money."

Once in the restaurant, my waiter had on a "Obama 08" tee shirt.

When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth. I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful. As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn.

Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to catch on, with those doing the work.

 

[Relentless]

are you really this dumb?

 

[punter]

are you really this dumb?

Oops, you just made his Godless idiot list.

 

[Relentless]

It would appear God is on Obama's side...or perhaps (gasp!) there isnt a God.

 

[Preussen]

As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn.

Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to catch on, with those doing the work.

Well, perhaps, just perhaps, the waiter does not belong to the 250k+ income types who won't even notice when you give $3 of their money to someone else?
If you can show that Obama's plan is to take away money from waiters and people in their income tax bracket I guess you might still save the election for McCain.

 

[Darwinian]

and if the waiter knew you would be doing this beforehand, the service would of sucked, if you even got any.

socialism rules

 

[Georgiaboy]

spread the wealth baby spread the wealth

 

[BranFlakes]

Our country provides for a equal opportunity, but does not guarantee an equal outcome. Seems like this principle is going by the way of the dinosuars. Very sad.

 

[Mistermj]

[from a friend, comments?]

Yesterday on my way to lunch, I passed one of the homeless guys in the area, with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money."

Once in the restaurant, my waiter had on a "Obama 08" tee shirt.

When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth. I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful. As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn.

Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to catch on, with those doing the work.

LMAO...perfect!

 

[Preussen]

Our country provides for a equal opportunity, but does not guarantee an equal outcome.

And no-one wants that. What is it with you right-wingers? Reading all your posts one would imagine that Obama planned to make everyone earn the same when the only thing he seems to intend is to tax the highest incomes a little more, meaning the wealthy might become slightly less wealthy, but still have an income that's vastly higher than that of average people.

I can understand if people disagree with Obama's tax plans for economic reasons, but all the other talk is simply nonsense.

 

[Mistermj]

Well, perhaps, just perhaps, the waiter does not belong to the 250k+ income types who won't even notice when you give $3 of their money to someone else?
If you can show that Obama's plan is to take away money from waiters and people in their income tax bracket I guess you might still save the election for McCain.

The owner of the restaurant just fired the waiter because the extra business he was able to serve was no longer worth his while.

There you go...Obama just took all of the waiters pay.

How does that grab you? hno:

 

[gtc08]

waitress doesnt make 250k so its a faulty analogy

 

[Mistermj]

waitress doesnt make 250k so its a faulty analogy

Straw man...of course she doesn't. But the owner of the restaurant does.

The analogy fits just fine for those over a 800 SAT score.

 

[Preussen]

The owner of the restaurant just fired the waiter because the extra business he was able to serve was no longer worth his while.

And why might that be? He pays taxes only on the profit he makes from that extra business. Unless the taxes are like 80% or so, which they certainly will not be, I cannot imagine a situation where the extra business wouldn't be worth the while. But it's fun arguing with abstract assumptions, isn't it, MJ?

 

[gtc08]

Straw man...of course she doesn't. But the owner of the restaurant does.

The analogy fits just fine for those over a 800 SAT score.

so what if the owner might make over 250k. the interaction is between the waiter and the customer.

 

[Mistermj]

And why might that be? He pays taxes only on the profit he makes from that extra business. Unless the taxes are like 80% or so, which they certainly will not be, I cannot imagine a situation where the extra business wouldn't be worth the while. But it's fun arguing with abstract assumptions, isn't it, MJ?

There is nothing abstract about it.

Higher taxes are a disincentive. They are a drag on business...period.

The decisions to employ extra people to service extra business assume extra profits.

Taxing those extra profits directly effects those business decisions...in the real world anyway.

In the liberal fantasy world...not so much.

 

[Willie99]

[from a friend, comments?]

Yesterday on my way to lunch, I passed one of the homeless guys in the area, with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money."

Once in the restaurant, my waiter had on a "Obama 08" tee shirt.

When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth. I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful. As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn.

Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to catch on, with those doing the work.

:lolBIG:

 

[Willie99]

Well, perhaps, just perhaps, the waiter does not belong to the 250k+ income types who won't even notice when you give $3 of their money to someone else?
If you can show that Obama's plan is to take away money from waiters and people in their income tax bracket I guess you might still save the election for McCain.

Of course, we can have a perfect society, and you don't have to pay one dime

somebody else is going to pay for it

I'm not even sure how people can actually think this

 

[Preussen]

There is nothing abstract about it.

Higher taxes are a disincentive. They are a drag on business...period.

The decisions to employ extra people to service extra business assume extra profits.

Absolutely right.

But in your waiter/owner example, if there is extra business then there will be extra profit, the tax can only influence how much of that profit the owner gets to keep. I fail to see what is so hard to understand about that.

Taxing those extra profits directly effects those business decisions...in the real world anyway..

Taxing can affect business decisions, no doubt about that. But not in this example.
Say the extra business will bring $1000 extra profit. The owner calculates with a tax of 30%, meaning he gets to keep $700. Now the tax gets raised to 40%. Now he would only get to keep $600. Do you honestly want to tell me thw owner would not hire the waiter, thereby getting $0 additional income, just because the potential additional income has dropped from $700 to $ 600?

 

[Preussen]

Willie, I know you have problems with logical thinking, but can you explain to me what your reply has to do with my post you quoted?