Should the rich and upper class pay even more taxes?

Question

Yesterday Obama said he will try to increase taxes on these people. I freaking laughed when he said this.

I believe people should pay the amount of money the tax brackets say they should pay. For every class.

That's like saying you're being punished for being hard working and very successful. That's like me achieving a big goal and then I get scolded for doing something good.

I don't believe the rich should give a whole lot of money to the poor unless they're not going to abuse it. ( Drugs, alcohol, liabilities, or if they spend it on something that isn't wise.

But in other cases like food, clothing, housing, that's fine

Answer 1

speaking as a middle class person with an low-average amount of money, whos about to enter a more exciting higher tax bracket, i say h**l no! whether you earned that money, or got it as an inheritance, or a gift, or whatever, people work hard, and more taxes mean less opportunity to get ahead in this world where everything cost so d**n much!!!!

Answer 2

The percentage of money taken out should be the same for all...8% of 10000 is much less then 8% of 1000000 but it's fair...It's not about "giving" your money away....these are funds that the American people have been contributing for YEARS....that money goes to the communities in which we reside...Law Enforcement, Fire Departments, Hospitals, Schools, Local Zoos, Museums, Libraries just to name a few...I'm just think is should be fair

Answer 3

I believe the rich already pay more than their fair share. If I pay 10% I know they are paying 30%.

Answer 4

I think he was talking about taxing Big businesses but I didnt watch the whole thing..... I also do not think you can say that the rich are hard working and the middle/lower class are not....  

Answer 5

maybe the rich should pay the amount that they truly owe.

the laws are full of loopholes and there is plenty of room for cheating.  the rich  can afford accountants to use every legal one.  and they write off everything else.  the rich pay very little taxes, in actuality.

wifes' car-- company car

wifes gas--company gas

lawn service- maintainence

million dollar condo and million dollar yatch-- business entertainment expense

this goes for practically every dollar spent.

the rich didnt get rich by being stupid.

Answer 6

I agree, the rich should not be punished for working hard and being successful.  Obama missed the mark on that one.  Rich people employ the rest of us. s***w with the rich and powerful, don't wonder why the jobs go over seas.  

American jobs left because it's just too difficult and time consuming to keep a business running here.  You have government lawyers beating your door down to follow one regulation after another.  I mean, some companies have to hire staff to preform work that has nothing to do with what the company is about.  Then if that's not enough, there's a laundry list of taxes a small business owner has to pay.  

The rich should be supported, not punished.  If Obama wants to keep jobs and make more jobs, then he needs to give positive financial incentives for companies to hire people, not punish them so that cost are passed to the consumer.  "Oops, I goofed!  That didn't work after all."  It's time for America to reward inventors and entrepreneurs.  Not haul them into court because somebody came up with the idea ten years ago and never made good on it.  

Answer 7

I do not want the Bush tax cuts for those of us who matter to be shifted to liberal middle and working class "people".

Answer 8

The rich get richer, the poor get pooer. Its def a good idea & I support it 100%. I wanted Clinton personally, but Obama will be who I vote for. Democrat all the way. The shady, weasel republicans are NOT getting my vote & maybe once Obama wins, the rich wont be at the top of the totem pole being slave drivers to the middle working class.  

Answer 9

I've always been really iffy about this subject.  For example, do you NEED a Lamborghini? Wouldn't it be better to tax some of what would be spent on one so the poor could eat, food, something they need.  They could sacrifice and buy a Benz.  

The other side of me says, well shouldn't some teen mothers have kept their legs closed and work their butts off instead of relying on support from the government (that would come from the rich.)

But how would you measure who was lazy and who wasn't?  I just really can't make up my mind about this.  I'm going to school to be a doctor and if it meant paying more taxes for the poor, I mean it really doesn't bother me, I would already be making a lot of money.

Answer 10

the top 20% already pays 80% of the taxes. However, in America, the point of taxes is not to redistribute wealth, as the pinkos would have you believe.

Answer 11

Have you no concern for the 9 trillion $ debt?  I simply think the super rich should pay more to pay for national defense and not run up our deficit.  I mean they rarely give their lives; they expect the poor and mid class boys to do that.  And they didn't all work so hard, considering many were born into money.

They wouldn't be rich without America and they have more property to protect.  

If you had a big ship of jewels and were crossing the oceans, do you think the owners of the jewels should pay for the boat's security or the crew that cooks and mops and cleans?

Middle class taxes should be cut even more.

I agree with more vigilance in who gets welfare, but hey most of these "lazy mooches" these poor-hating neo-cons are railing against are children. Maybe they shouldn't have been born, but they're here, so I thought you all were "pro-life".  Do you want all the poor kids to suffer to death?

Answer 12

It should be pro-rated based on the percentage of the country's assets you own... ie. people who own 80% of the country's wealth should contribute 80% of the taxes. So if that means paying more by rich and upper class, then go for it.

I think there's too much government in the USA though. Get rid of some bureaucracy and then the money can be better spent on needs.

Answer 13

I agree...his philosophy is simple; No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!!

---If people are on welfare for whatever reason, they should be given a monthly physical and a p**s-test before they get their check every month to ensure that they are A) Still not physically able to work and B) Not smoking dope while "unable" to work.

Answer 14

People should pay the same percentage of their income in taxes. This means that rich people will pay a higher dollar amount than other people but it will be a fair share.  The problem is, as a percentage, rich people pay less than others.  They use all kinds of tax loopholes and shelters to pay a much smaller percentage of their income in taxes leaving the middle class to bear the burden.  Many millionaires pay less than many people making a fraction of their income because the millionaires know how to work the system.  

Answer 15

i do not support even higher taxes on the rich. i do believe we need a flat tax. if everyone paid 25 % or 30 % that would be fair. i also believe if you are on government assistance / welfare / disability etc. you should have to pay taxes on that money , and not be entitled to a refund at the end of the year. if you have to have a check from the government , then why should you get anything back at the end of the year. my opinion : if you have 2 arms and 2 legs and half a brain ...get a job !!!  if you are not able to hold a job , while on welfare you should do some kind of community service to earn your check. picking up trash , cleaning cages at the animal shelter ,  working at a soup kitchen ,  etc. i have a ..demon child..brother who draws  $600.00 + a month on a disability . there is nothing wrong with him ..other than being an alcoholic and ex. drug addict. he gets the check because the government sponsered ..shrink.. says he can not function enough in society to work. bull-c**p !!! if he can walk and ride a bike , he can work !!!

Answer 16

No, the poor should stop having so many d**n babies... :)  Well in reality, there should be no income tax, there should be installed a fair tax on goods.  We keep all the money we make and just pay extra if we buy something.  That way we have more to invest for retirement and for housing.  This plan had a chance of going into effect, Congress knows about it and several of them really support it.  Ron Paul was heading in this direction on his presidential platform.

Answer 17

No. The richest 5% already pay 67% of the income taxes in this country.

Answer 18

This is RIDICULOUS and ignorant.

I don't believe the rich should give a whole lot of money to the poor unless they're not going to abuse it. ( Drugs, alcohol, liabilities, or if they spend it on something that isn't wise.



Many rich people abuse money all the time-only in different ways.  Inside trading, cheating on their taxes, off shore accounts, gambling, even drugs.

You need to read about the halo effect.

http://changingminds.org/explanations/th...  

Answer 19

BO wants us to become classless.  Take the money from the successful and give it to the lazy.  This called Socialism.  

America has always been based on Capitalism, where every one has the chance to work hard and do well.

Answer 20

Some jobs pay a lot more than they are really worth. Like if you are a model, and show up for a few hours to smile and look pretty in a TV commercial for a local television station, you get paid JUST AS MUCH as the producer, who has to SPLIT his money with the other guys that work on the commercial like the cameraman, etc. The models are way overpaid for what they do, while the technical guys like the camerman are way underpaid.

Some professions pay lots and lots of money, while other people who work very hard at what they do not get paid all that well.  

Answer 21

This is the way the democrats operate.

Did you make a lot of money last year?

Good for you, send it please.

Answer 22

you sound too intelligent to vote for Obama. agreed.

Answer 23

John McCain is a more resonable vote. Why is everyone so obsessed with Obama? Because of his name?

Answer 24

why the rich people have money to spare they dont care they have more from were that came from so go ahead

vote for obama

obama girl and tay zonday go for obama  should to

Answer 25

agree

the liberals want us....even the middle class, as I am. to pay for the lazy moochers.

Answer 26

If we had a tax rate that was equal for all people then that would make sense.  But the powers decided on a progressive tax rate so the more you make the more you pay and that's the way it is.  When a Republican is in control the rich get breaks and when a democrat shows up they adjust it back down.  

Anyway you cut it, the richest country on the planet should not have so much poverty, whatever the reason, whoever pays.  

Answer 27

The poor already pay a much higher price for being American citizens than do the wealthy.  They pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes, (sales tax, gas tax, right to work tax, social security tax, lottery money, cigarette tax, income to national debt, etc) and they pay in blood and sweat as members of the military.  It is  not an unfair tax Obama is proposing, it is an unfair tax as it is now.

Answer 28

nonya200 ALL money comes from other people because in a job you WORK for OTHER PEOPLE