Re: OT:Hannity and Wm. Ayers

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> On May 12, 11:09 am, MiNe 109   <smcelr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >  ScottW <Scott...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On May 12, 6:57 am, MiNe 109   <smcelr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > >  Clyde Slick <Mr.clydesl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > On 11 Mai, 21:47, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!"
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> > > > > > I think Obama offers, among other things, hope to the US for
the 
> > > > > > first
> > > > > > time in a very long time, and at a time she desperately needs
it.
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> > > > > Hope I can afford the high taxes.
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> > > > If you're in the bracket whose taxes might be raised, you can.
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> > >  You won't starve but the op****tunity to maybe establish a
> > > college fund or loadup for retirement or buy your kids a house
> > > or a trust fund for grandkids etc is severely diminished.
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> > If we're talking about the recent discussion of raising the capital
> > gains tax, 'severely' isn't a good description.
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>  Doubling the tax isn't severe?

Raising capital gains to the same level as earned income isn't.

> > > You work hard, get a great job in a young company that enjoys
> > > success and provides op****tunity to share that success via options
> > > and what do you suppose the gov't will do?
> > > Even under Bush's cuts your gonna pay in the low 40%s.
> > > Under Obama,  you will be looking at 50%.
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> > You could restructure your compensation.
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>  No you can't.  It's all ordinary income and you can't even income
> average
> anymore.  You get F'd.   All this BS about rich people able
> to hide their money is a bunch of crap when it comes to working
> people getting a bit of the benefit of their corp success via
> Non-incentive options or bonus's.

Sorry. I don't make enough money to know what you're talking about.

> > > Then you take the proceeds and invest....and bammo,
> > > your capital gains earnings are taxed at 30%.
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> > I'm not sympathetic to this problem.
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>  Mostly because you're impotence has left you
> without a legacy.

Is that a personal comment? I thought you were against those.

> > >    So now your kids and grandkids
> > > are just put into the pack of all the other poor people who
> > > demand equality for all. All equally poor.
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> > Too bad they didn't take advantage of the superior education and
social
> > contacts available to them.
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>  Lol...you'll spew the most ridiculous crap at times.
> Lets make our kids lives depend on "social contacts".
> What a load of elitist crap.
> Even Obama wouldn't touch that....hell, even Wright wouldn't
> touch that.

I see you play both sides of the egalitarian fence, although you are a 
better judge of the social contacts you've been able to ac***ulate.

> > > That's just ****ing great.
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> > You had yours. Why do your kids deserve an unearned head start?
> 
> Because I earned it and I choose to give it to them.
> I'll be damned if I let you take it away from them because
> your lazy ass won't do the same for you and yours.

You still have that right. You're just complaining about contributing to 
the common good as well.

Stephen