Income equality. Where to start

[altair1013]

@AngraMainyu

Criminal justice reform is the best way to ameliorate a large portion of these problems.

What laws would you change?

[wiley8425]

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

[Toll_Collector]

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

I fail to see how it benefits those under them. Plus we’re talking individual income tax, I don’t think the business tax was as high. But I’m not sure.

[Smyrna]

@AngraMainyu

No. It’s not that simple and it never has been.

You’re right in that it isn’t simple. It takes years. It takes a commitment and it requires a game plan. In all that you do, you have a choice to make? Will you build it with straw, sticks or bricks?

[gooddad409]

@Toll_Collector

@NJBob

I don’t know what your dad did for a living but ask yourself this, would a person today, doing what he did, manage to take their family of four from poor to solid middle class?

As solid middle class, did your family own a house, a car, take vacations? Could a person today, doing what your dad did, have a chance at having these things?

I think the main difference today is that you’re not getting an entry level job out of high school and raising a family. I don’t know how old you are, but I’ll assume you grew up in NJ? In the mid 80s when I was entering the workforce here in NJ there were many entry level jobs that paid halfway decent money right out of high school. But if I tried to raise a family I would be closer to broke than middle class. Now those jobs are scarce and much harder to get. Some jobs pay less now, like supermarket cashier.

The entry level jobs weren’t any better back then but folks had no problem with living extremely austere lives with no frills at all, in fact it was the norm back then.

Looking back i know we were poor for a decade or so but so was everyone else so we didn’t even notice or think of ourselves as poor.

Most folks worked hard enough long enough to advance and improve their lot in life.

[gooddad409]

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

The higher tax rates were an incentive for the wealthy to limit their investments.

Make up to the high rates and sit pat after that for the rest of the year.

Why risk your money for a possible 10 percent gain after taxes?

It was like having a throttle on the economy.

[thinkingman]

@gooddad409

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

The higher tax rates were an incentive for the wealthy to limit their investments.

Make up to the high rates and sit pat after that for the rest of the year.

Why risk your money for a possible 10 percent gain after taxes?

It was like having a throttle on the economy.

notice how the haters of successful people refer to successful policies as “trickle down” because they really dont understand it and want to ridicule it with an expression invented as a joke decades prior

[gooddad409]

@thinkingman

@gooddad409

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

The higher tax rates were an incentive for the wealthy to limit their investments.

Make up to the high rates and sit pat after that for the rest of the year.

Why risk your money for a possible 10 percent gain after taxes?

It was like having a throttle on the economy.

notice how the haters of successful people refer to successful policies as “trickle down” because they really dont understand it and want to ridicule it with an expression invented as a joke decades prior

They do indeed. Envy is a terrible thing.

[NJBob]

@gooddad409

@Toll_Collector

@NJBob

I don’t know what your dad did for a living but ask yourself this, would a person today, doing what he did, manage to take their family of four from poor to solid middle class?

As solid middle class, did your family own a house, a car, take vacations? Could a person today, doing what your dad did, have a chance at having these things?

I think the main difference today is that you’re not getting an entry level job out of high school and raising a family. I don’t know how old you are, but I’ll assume you grew up in NJ? In the mid 80s when I was entering the workforce here in NJ there were many entry level jobs that paid halfway decent money right out of high school. But if I tried to raise a family I would be closer to broke than middle class. Now those jobs are scarce and much harder to get. Some jobs pay less now, like supermarket cashier.

The entry level jobs weren’t any better back then but folks had no problem with living extremely austere lives with no frills at all, in fact it was the norm back then.

Looking back i know we were poor for a decade or so but so was everyone else so we didn’t even notice or think of ourselves as poor.

Most folks worked hard enough long enough to advance and improve their lot in life.

There was more opportunity for people entering the workforce back in the 1950s. Factory jobs, for semi-skilled workers, were plentiful and paid a middle class wage.

That is no longer the case.

[thinkingman]

@gooddad409

@thinkingman

@gooddad409

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

The higher tax rates were an incentive for the wealthy to limit their investments.

Make up to the high rates and sit pat after that for the rest of the year.

Why risk your money for a possible 10 percent gain after taxes?

It was like having a throttle on the economy.

notice how the haters of successful people refer to successful policies as “trickle down” because they really dont understand it and want to ridicule it with an expression invented as a joke decades prior

They do indeed. Envy is a terrible thing.

the haters of personal wealth growth - all their policies and ideas center around that idea - class envy. the democrats (and their media) have them trained to feel that

then they start whipping around terms like “fair” and “ridiculous profits”

[mobulis]

@thinkingman

@gooddad409

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

The higher tax rates were an incentive for the wealthy to limit their investments.

Make up to the high rates and sit pat after that for the rest of the year.

Why risk your money for a possible 10 percent gain after taxes?

It was like having a throttle on the economy.

notice how the haters of successful people refer to successful policies as “trickle down” because they really dont understand it and want to ridicule it with an expression invented as a joke decades prior

Its called “trickle down” because the rich consume everything, and then we’re supposed to be satisfied with the rich pissing what’s left on everyone else.

[gooddad409]

@NJBob

@gooddad409

@Toll_Collector

@NJBob

I don’t know what your dad did for a living but ask yourself this, would a person today, doing what he did, manage to take their family of four from poor to solid middle class?

As solid middle class, did your family own a house, a car, take vacations? Could a person today, doing what your dad did, have a chance at having these things?

I think the main difference today is that you’re not getting an entry level job out of high school and raising a family. I don’t know how old you are, but I’ll assume you grew up in NJ? In the mid 80s when I was entering the workforce here in NJ there were many entry level jobs that paid halfway decent money right out of high school. But if I tried to raise a family I would be closer to broke than middle class. Now those jobs are scarce and much harder to get. Some jobs pay less now, like supermarket cashier.

The entry level jobs weren’t any better back then but folks had no problem with living extremely austere lives with no frills at all, in fact it was the norm back then.

Looking back i know we were poor for a decade or so but so was everyone else so we didn’t even notice or think of ourselves as poor.

Most folks worked hard enough long enough to advance and improve their lot in life.

There was more opportunity for people entering the workforce back in the 1950s. Factory jobs, for semi-skilled workers, were plentiful and paid a middle class wage.

That is no longer the case.

No there wasn’t. Opportunities to make low wages was the norm.

Most working folks were poor to be honest. At least for a long time.

If they worked hard enough, were thrifty enough, they could improve to middle class after a decade or two.

[mobulis]

@thinkingman

@gooddad409

@thinkingman

@gooddad409

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

The higher tax rates were an incentive for the wealthy to limit their investments.

Make up to the high rates and sit pat after that for the rest of the year.

Why risk your money for a possible 10 percent gain after taxes?

It was like having a throttle on the economy.

notice how the haters of successful people refer to successful policies as “trickle down” because they really dont understand it and want to ridicule it with an expression invented as a joke decades prior

They do indeed. Envy is a terrible thing.

the haters of personal wealth growth - all their policies and ideas center around that idea - class envy. the democrats (and their media) have them trained to feel that

then they start whipping around terms like “fair” and “ridiculous profits”

Well we already know that you guys have no comprehension of the concept of MODERATION.

[thinkingman]

@mobulis

@thinkingman

@gooddad409

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

The higher tax rates were an incentive for the wealthy to limit their investments.

Make up to the high rates and sit pat after that for the rest of the year.

Why risk your money for a possible 10 percent gain after taxes?

It was like having a throttle on the economy.

notice how the haters of successful people refer to successful policies as “trickle down” because they really dont understand it and want to ridicule it with an expression invented as a joke decades prior

Its called “trickle down” because the rich consume everything, and then we’re supposed to be satisfied with the rich pissing what’s left on everyone else.

not fair that some are winners in “life’s lottery” but some aren’t, huh?

[thinkingman]

@mobulis

@thinkingman

@gooddad409

@thinkingman

@gooddad409

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

The higher tax rates were an incentive for the wealthy to limit their investments.

Make up to the high rates and sit pat after that for the rest of the year.

Why risk your money for a possible 10 percent gain after taxes?

It was like having a throttle on the economy.

notice how the haters of successful people refer to successful policies as “trickle down” because they really dont understand it and want to ridicule it with an expression invented as a joke decades prior

They do indeed. Envy is a terrible thing.

the haters of personal wealth growth - all their policies and ideas center around that idea - class envy. the democrats (and their media) have them trained to feel that

then they start whipping around terms like “fair” and “ridiculous profits”

Well we already know that you guys have no comprehension of the concept of MODERATION.

what you think you know is wrong.

[mobulis]

@thinkingman

@mobulis

@thinkingman

@gooddad409

@wiley8425

I wasn’t saying you did. It seems to me though the higher tax rates worked as an incentive for the wealthy to avoid being in that higher bracket to the benefit of those under them. And again, since the “trickle down” policies were started, we’ve seen the opposite happen. That’s why we see guys raking in BILLIONS in profits while paying their employees MINIMUM WAGE now. There’s no longer any incentive not to.

The higher tax rates were an incentive for the wealthy to limit their investments.

Make up to the high rates and sit pat after that for the rest of the year.

Why risk your money for a possible 10 percent gain after taxes?

It was like having a throttle on the economy.

notice how the haters of successful people refer to successful policies as “trickle down” because they really dont understand it and want to ridicule it with an expression invented as a joke decades prior

Its called “trickle down” because the rich consume everything, and then we’re supposed to be satisfied with the rich pissing what’s left on everyone else.

not fair that some are winners in “life’s lottery” but some aren’t, huh?

Nope it’s not, that’s why we should never stop trying to make it fair.

[thinkingman]

@mobulis

Nope it’s not, that’s why we should never stop trying to make it fair.

as long as it’s your version of “fair” huh?

[thinkingman]

who gets to be the “fair police?”

i bet numbsculls like “colonial cauliflower” AOC and america hater Omar

[thinkingman]

@gooddad409

@thinkingman

how about everyone be paid what they are worth?

That’s it. You nailed it! The ner’ do wells will not like hearing the truth though.

anyone who doesnt think it’s “fair” that some succeed while others dont even try will certainly not like hearing that - no

[mobulis]

@thinkingman

@mobulis

Nope it’s not, that’s why we should never stop trying to make it fair.

as long as it’s your version of “fair” huh?

Nope.