Comments on: Great Moments in Progressive Taxation http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Doug http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8504 Doug Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:15:59 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8504 <p>Amen, JoshK. However, the attitude of SOME of the rich is "what's the big deal with a $10 million tax surcharge? All you have to do is sell that Picasso painting over there in the corner, and it's over and done with."</p> Amen, JoshK. However, the attitude of SOME of the rich is “what’s the big deal with a $10 million tax surcharge? All you have to do is sell that Picasso painting over there in the corner, and it’s over and done with.”

]]> By: Doug http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8503 Doug Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:15:52 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8503 <p>Amen, JoshK. However, the attitude of SOME of the rich is "what's the big deal with a $10 million tax surcharge? All you have to do is sell that Picasso painting over there in the corner, and it's over and done with."</p> Amen, JoshK. However, the attitude of SOME of the rich is “what’s the big deal with a $10 million tax surcharge? All you have to do is sell that Picasso painting over there in the corner, and it’s over and done with.”

]]> By: Doug http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8502 Doug Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:15:22 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8502 <p>Amen, JoshK. However, the attitude of SOME of the rich is "what's the big deal with a $10 million tax surcharge? All you have to do is sell that Picasso painting over there in the corner, and it's over and done with."</p> Amen, JoshK. However, the attitude of SOME of the rich is “what’s the big deal with a $10 million tax surcharge? All you have to do is sell that Picasso painting over there in the corner, and it’s over and done with.”

]]> By: JoshK http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8501 JoshK Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:47:34 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8501 <p>I never understand why some of my friends who are in the upper income percentiles vote for these folks who then turn around and tax them mercilessly. Everyone I know works very hard to minimize their tax burdens in every possible way. This behavior is so inconsistent, it amazes me every time.</p> I never understand why some of my friends who are in the upper income percentiles vote for these folks who then turn around and tax them mercilessly. Everyone I know works very hard to minimize their tax burdens in every possible way. This behavior is so inconsistent, it amazes me every time.

]]> By: Scott http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8500 Scott Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:31:03 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8500 <p>Look out for the new stealth tax for carbon dioxide. We can thank the fat all knowing one...No, not Buddha, Al Gore! The auto industry are already set-upon by the eco-fascists to plan for carbon dioxide reductions. The problem is that current law does not address carbon dioxide in CAFE standards. No matter, the fascists will make sure that it happens. Americans and citizens of the world will pay this tax forever. And even if Global Warming is proved to be a hoax, do you think the tax will go away? As Ronald Reagan said " Nothing so achieves eternal life as a Government program."</p> Look out for the new stealth tax for carbon dioxide. We can thank the fat all knowing one…No, not Buddha, Al Gore! The auto industry are already set-upon by the eco-fascists to plan for carbon dioxide reductions. The problem is that current law does not address carbon dioxide in CAFE standards. No matter, the fascists will make sure that it happens. Americans and citizens of the world will pay this tax forever. And even if Global Warming is proved to be a hoax, do you think the tax will go away? As Ronald Reagan said ” Nothing so achieves eternal life as a Government program.”

]]> By: Jeffrey Ellis http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8499 Jeffrey Ellis Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:11:16 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8499 <p>W00t! Rush lyrics, I love it! Oaks and maples, indeed. Except in the case of progressive voters, the motivation is probably just as much envy (wanting to bring the rich down) as greed (wanting to lift themselves up).</p> <p>I agree with terrence, though; Atlas should shrug. Not sure how that could be easily accomplished, though.</p> <p>Jeff</p> W00t! Rush lyrics, I love it! Oaks and maples, indeed. Except in the case of progressive voters, the motivation is probably just as much envy (wanting to bring the rich down) as greed (wanting to lift themselves up).

I agree with terrence, though; Atlas should shrug. Not sure how that could be easily accomplished, though.

Jeff

]]> By: JMulcahy http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8498 JMulcahy Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:26:51 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8498 <p>As famed socialist G.B. Shaw said, "When you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on the support of Paul."</p> As famed socialist G.B. Shaw said, “When you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on the support of Paul.”

]]> By: jimk http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8497 jimk Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:19:32 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8497 <p>@dearieme</p> <p>You are correct about the timing of the French revolution relative to the adoption of the Constitution. Thank you for the correction. With respect to the originality of a bicameral legislature and the bill of rights, what difference does it make? The point was they were put there to protect minority rights against the tyranny of the majority as was the 3/5 solution.</p> @dearieme

You are correct about the timing of the French revolution relative to the adoption of the Constitution. Thank you for the correction. With respect to the originality of a bicameral legislature and the bill of rights, what difference does it make? The point was they were put there to protect minority rights against the tyranny of the majority as was the 3/5 solution.

]]> By: terrence http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8496 terrence Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:00:47 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8496 <p>This kind of voting is really mob rule. When I see this going on in the good ol' USofA, I think Ayn Rand was right - Atlas should shrug.</p> <p>If I was in the high tax group, I would move out of California. <br /> </p> This kind of voting is really mob rule. When I see this going on in the good ol’ USofA, I think Ayn Rand was right – Atlas should shrug.

If I was in the high tax group, I would move out of California.

]]> By: Doug http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html/comment-page-1#comment-8495 Doug Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:26:55 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/great-moments-i-4.html#comment-8495 <p>Tim, if you think your rights as an individual are sovergn (sic), just you wait until "single-payer healthcare" becomes law. For a dry run, try to opt out of Social Security. In today's America, the minority view is thrust on the majority in the name of non-existent group rights. Your individual sovereignty is a mirage, a victim of this horrid new-age democracy.</p> <p>Jim K. has it right --- the Founders feared/dreaded/loathed The Tyranny Of The Majority, which was Coyote's original premise: 53% of the people vote a massive tax on less than 5% of the people. It's SOP in California. Where are the individual rights of someone sitting in that 5% bracket?</p> Tim, if you think your rights as an individual are sovergn (sic), just you wait until “single-payer healthcare” becomes law. For a dry run, try to opt out of Social Security. In today’s America, the minority view is thrust on the majority in the name of non-existent group rights. Your individual sovereignty is a mirage, a victim of this horrid new-age democracy.

Jim K. has it right — the Founders feared/dreaded/loathed The Tyranny Of The Majority, which was Coyote’s original premise: 53% of the people vote a massive tax on less than 5% of the people. It’s SOP in California. Where are the individual rights of someone sitting in that 5% bracket?

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