10-19-2011, 07:23 AM
Ryzorian your argument is so ridiculous it's barely worth replying to but oh well I can't help myself. Marginal tax rates don't impede the mega rich from getting richer, that's a ridiculous concept. You have to be earning well over $400,000 per year in the US to have an effective tax rate in excess of 30%. This is a ridiculously low amount of tax to pay for such an income. Remember in Australia (who's economy is doing really well) you reach an effective tax rate of 30% if you earn in excess of only $130,000. I can assure you it has not hindered our population from becoming very wealthy. And in Australia we have universal healthcare, a just welfare system, we get 20 days a year paid annual leave as a minimum, we have paid maternity and paternity leave, our minimum wage is double that of the US, we have no upfront costs to attend tertiary education making it accessible for all, we don't have a nation full of numbnuts with guns and this list could go on and on and on. All you really seem to want is a country which has no social responsibility. A purely dog eat dog society where the poor can go fuck themselves whilst the rich get richer and richer. All I can say is what a truly horrible society you wish to live in. Compared to most other modern nations you already have one of the most right wing, greedy, capitalist societies and yet you want it to go even further that way? You really are one very mixed up individual.
Last edited by GoNative : 10-19-2011 at 12:54 PM.
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