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I'm not surprised the ignorance of the majority of you PP are when it comes to Income Tax.  
The odds of those Businessmen in reality not paying Income Tax is infinitely small.   
I'm also not surprised that many want others to pay for their trip thru life.  It's not the America I want for my children.

Lets think about the big picture here for a moment.   Don't look at the statistics that the Government provides.  Remember the phrase "Statistics can tell any story you want "   The Government cooks the statistics to promote themselves.  The CPI is just one very minor statistic that anyone can research.  The definition has changed immensely over the last 30 years.  They have "cooked" all the statistics in D.C. that skews reality.

Get away from your skyscrapers in D.C. and look at what is going on in America.  The middle class has been decimated.  Go look, seriously.  Slop your cars and sit on a bench for an hour.    
Here's what you'll see going on with the "middleclass"
-  An inordinate number of able bodied adults not working.  They're just milling around going from place to place.  There are no appropriate jobs.  Many have given up.  Many are on government assistance.  It's all sad to watch.
-  A huge part of the population doing drugs and being useless in society.  Again, no jobs.  
-  A huge percentage of recent College grads working for starbucks and other service related jobs barely making over minimum wage.  Again, no jobs.
- Middle age men that used to drive a car to work.  Now they're on bicycle or motor powered bicycles.   Again, not enough good paying jobs.
- 30 years ago, middle class was driving a car less than 5 years old.  10 year cars were unusual.  Now the highest percentage are driving cars well over 10 yrs old.  Again - it's the jobs.  Pay has not kept up with inflation.  Forget the low inflation the government tells you about.  It's all a lie.

[b]We don't need to change the Tax Code and create more hand outs to people not producing.  We need better jobs that provide a wage we can live on for those so inclined to work.  More and better jobs across this Country would produce significantly more to tax at the current rate.  We don't need higher taxes.  Problem solved.
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Ask yourself this.  What candidate is more likely to increase job opportunities ?  Which candidate is more likely to keep wages low from increased competition from illegals ?  Which candidate is more likely to continue moving good paying jobs out of this country ? Which candidate is more likely to continue moving middleclass assets down to the lower non working class ?  Which candidate is more likely to keep us on the same spiraling downfall we've been on since Clintons NAFTA package ?  Seriously, I mean really, is this Twilight Zone.  Why is everyone and the media more concerned about Transgender bathrooms and BLM movement than addressing all the Challenges economically in this Country.

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So then where is all the money that previously went to good paying, middle class jobs? It's stuck in corporations.
The only way good, middle class jobs will come back to America is if the US undertakes a massive infrastructure program. That requires increased taxes on the companies that derives so much value from our physical, market, and legal infrastructure. It's time to pay their fair share and reinvest in the American economy. [b]Shareholders will have to suck it up[/b].[/quote]

You realize that means you and your retirement, right?  The 401(k)s, 403s, IRAs, etc.  When people were vested with an interest in share value, shares started creeping up. And so did executive pay. More shareholder value equals better retirements.

At the end of the day, people have looked for a free ride. Now it's time to pay the piper. We'll all get screwed. [/quote]

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