Originally Posted by
Dixie
So... If I happen to notice someone doesn't have a TV, I can come to your house and take one to give to them, since you have more than one? And if you happen to own a TV shop, I can come there and take as many as I need, to give to all the people in your town who don't have a TV and don't have money to buy one? You see, the problem here is, you are meddling in the affairs of others. It's not up to you to decide what I give, if I have given fairly, or if I gave enough. It's particularly troubling you seem to want to hand over your freedoms and rights to government, in order to do this. If you want to give to the poor, sell some of your old cars or set aside your pond building project, go out and find some needy family, and help them, Apple! Don't displace your greed onto me, I can make up my own mind on who to help. The housing bubble was created by the government implementing the exact social policies you claimed would help the needy! You see, Democrats pushed for, and got, low interest housing loans for poor people. The poor people took the low interest loans and built houses, then couldn't afford the mortgage payments, so they were eventually foreclosed, and are now empty. And I will challenge you once again to back up your 'people starving' claims... Show me ONE example of a person who has died of involuntary starvation in America since 1940? They don't fucking exist, Apple! Even people who have absolutely nothing, and are homeless, can get a hot meal at any number of shelters. The Salvation Army is present in almost every city in America, and they have never turned away a starving soul. Well, I am a smart person. I had rather have money in Germany, than to give it to Socialists to blow on things like giving poor people houses they can't afford. To be completely honest, I would LOVE for the government to suspend taxation on repatriated wealth. I would transfer my funds to an American bank account, and probably open a business of some sort. Now, I can only imagine there must be others like me, who have wealth overseas, but aren't motivated to bring it back home. Some economists estimate there is approximately $10 trillion in American dollars abroad, what do you imagine the influx of that would mean to our economy? Really? "Income is income. It doesn't matter where it comes from. All income should be taxed the same." (Except poor people and income from gov't assistance.) "Some foreign resorts advise you to stay near the resorts... you don't want America turning into that, do you?" (Followed by me reminding you of Detroit) "Capitalists have had 80 years to bring something to the plate, it's time for a new idea." (followed by claims you aren't a Socialist.) No, finally you acknowledged something I said was correct. But it's good to know you now understand you can't eliminate greed through taxation, that's a start. Well the point is, the more government takes from him, the less he will give. As for actual HELP for actual NEEDY people, is much more efficiently handled by the NPOs. Dollar for dollar, more of your actual donations go to helping people, than any program ever instituted by ANY government agency. So $2,000 in taxation, would equal $400 in actual HELP for people in NEED, the rest is eaten up in governmental costs. If I were poor, I would think $2,000 would benefit me more than $400, and I really wouldn't care if it came from the government or a private donor. Yes... charities target specific groups of people... generally known as THE NEEDY you dumbass. You are getting confused and re-organizing what I have written. I never said that raising taxes stifles the human spirit. I said, Socialism and Communism stifle the human spirit. Again, I will note your progress in understanding you can't defeat greed, and increasing tax rates only promotes MORE greed. Got news for you, we've already stopped making things! That's precisely the reason we have a trade deficit. Greedy people aren't interested in making things which aren't profitable to make. They also aren't interested in handing over more of their wealth to a Socialist debacle, and so, they've taken their marbles and gone home... or maybe, sent their marbles to Indonesia? In any even't, our manufacturing sector is shot, and I have news for you, it ain't coming back anytime soon. Actually, I am not a greedy person. I am frugal, and smart with my money, but I am very benevolent as well. As I said, I would LOVE for government to suspend taxation of repatriated wealth, I would be in hog heaven! My money would be almost immediately put to work in the economy, as would trillions of other repatriated dollars, but you will have none of it. In your mind, it is better to keep trying to figure out ways to punish my success and steal my wealth, while you pretend to be Robin Hood on a futile mission to stamp out greed.
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