it is kinda funny that the champion of the working man who says things like "the wealthy are not paying their fair share" has more money than 99.99% of the people in the u.s.
he should figure out what his "fair share" should have been the last four years and cut a check payable to the housing projects in new york or chicago. i still wouldn't vote for him but, i would respect him a little more.
he should figure out what his "fair share" should have been the last four years and cut a check payable to the housing projects in new york or chicago. i still wouldn't vote for him but, i would respect him a little more.
How does this compare to the article that Wilheim put up about Bushie screwing the government out of 2.4 million on the Rangers deal?
How much money do these crooks have to make before they satisfy thier unchecked greed?
And people wonder why I don't vote.
Little wonder at all when the politicians true agenda comes into focus.
How much money do these crooks have to make before they satisfy thier unchecked greed?
And people wonder why I don't vote.
Little wonder at all when the politicians true agenda comes into focus.
GAMEFACE said:
I can't speak for them but I was an IC (1997-1999) and had to pay double FICA. Probably the only difference was that I was hay. It's a pain in the a$$ to keep track of the taxes so luckily my aunt was able to give me a discount on her services. If I remember correctly, she had me send it in quarterly. I don't know each and every requirement for being an IC but 2 of those jobs that you mentioned (housekeeper and gardener) are prime candidates for IC.
eltonio said:
eltonio,
He (Gameface) was implying that they were evading the tax bill which is a felony. Tax avoidance is legal but doesn't look good given their rhetoric. Last I heard, there hasn't been any "cuts" for FICA. If those employees are the Kerry's employees they should be paying half the FICA. If not, it's the employees responsibility.
It sounds like the wealthy really needed those tax cuts 
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The USA, a land of Lords and Serfs.
The top 20 percent owns over 80 percent of all wealth. In 1998, it owned 83 percent of all wealth.
The top 5 percent own more than half of all wealth.
In 1998, they owned 59 percent of all wealth. Or to put it another way, the top 5 percent had more wealth than the remaining 95 percent of the population, collectively.
What is remarkable is that this was not always the case. Up until the early 1970s, the U.S. actually had lower wealth inequality than Great Britain, and even than a country like Sweden. But things have really turned around over the last 25 or 30 years. In fact, a lot of countries have experienced lessening wealth inequality over time. The U.S. is atypical in that inequality has risen so sharply over the last 25 or 30 years.
http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2003/03may/may03interviewswolff.html
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And why is this?
Tax cuts.
In the old days the wealthy paid 70% taxes. But not anymore.
Taxes equalise the distribution of wealth.
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The USA, a land of Lords and Serfs.
The top 20 percent owns over 80 percent of all wealth. In 1998, it owned 83 percent of all wealth.
The top 5 percent own more than half of all wealth.
In 1998, they owned 59 percent of all wealth. Or to put it another way, the top 5 percent had more wealth than the remaining 95 percent of the population, collectively.
What is remarkable is that this was not always the case. Up until the early 1970s, the U.S. actually had lower wealth inequality than Great Britain, and even than a country like Sweden. But things have really turned around over the last 25 or 30 years. In fact, a lot of countries have experienced lessening wealth inequality over time. The U.S. is atypical in that inequality has risen so sharply over the last 25 or 30 years.
http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2003/03may/may03interviewswolff.html
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And why is this?
Tax cuts.
In the old days the wealthy paid 70% taxes. But not anymore.
Taxes equalise the distribution of wealth.
