Yet another neocon/teabagger myth busted!

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The Super Rich are mad as hell -- and doing great
CNNMoney.com
By Lex Haris January 29, 2014 9:59 AM


Tom Perkins says the rich are "threatened."

The tech venture capitalist initially compared the assault on the wealthy to a wave of Nazi attacks on Jews ahead of the Holocaust, in a letter this past weekend. He has since allowed that the comparison went too far, but he doesn't apologize for the overall message and his warning about anti-rich "radicalism."

The rich are under attack, says Perkins in a Bloomberg interview, by "higher taxes, higher regulation and so forth." He added: "We are beginning to engage in class warfare."


..... But here are some facts about how the rich are doing:

1) Income for the rich is way up.

Income for the top 1% grew an estimated 31.4% from 2009 to 2012. The bottom 99% saw a gain of 0.4%.

2) The stock market is way up

The Dow has roughly doubled since January 2009. The middle class benefit somewhat from the gains, but it's the rich that benefit the most.

3) Tax rates on the rich are not way up

Households with income above $250,000 will pay a 0.9% surtax for Medicare and some of their deductions have been reduced.

Households making above $400,000 ($450,000 if married) now pay a top income tax rate of 39.6%, up from 35% under Bush, but the same as during the Clinton years.

Those same high earners have to pay 20% on dividends and capital gains, up from 15%. And the exemption on the federal estate tax stands at a generous $5 million per person.


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/super...2500488.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons
 
Taichiliberal said:
The Super Rich are mad as hell -- and doing great
CNNMoney.com
By Lex Haris January 29, 2014 9:59 AM


Tom Perkins says the rich are "threatened."

The tech venture capitalist initially compared the assault on the wealthy to a wave of Nazi attacks on Jews ahead of the Holocaust, in a letter this past weekend. He has since allowed that the comparison went too far, but he doesn't apologize for the overall message and his warning about anti-rich "radicalism."

The rich are under attack, says Perkins in a Bloomberg interview, by "higher taxes, higher regulation and so forth." He added: "We are beginning to engage in class warfare."


..... But here are some facts about how the rich are doing:

1) Income for the rich is way up.

Income for the top 1% grew an estimated 31.4% from 2009 to 2012. The bottom 99% saw a gain of 0.4%.

2) The stock market is way up

The Dow has roughly doubled since January 2009. The middle class benefit somewhat from the gains, but it's the rich that benefit the most.

3) Tax rates on the rich are not way up

Households with income above $250,000 will pay a 0.9% surtax for Medicare and some of their deductions have been reduced.

Households making above $400,000 ($450,000 if married) now pay a top income tax rate of 39.6%, up from 35% under Bush, but the same as during the Clinton years.

Those same high earners have to pay 20% on dividends and capital gains, up from 15%. And the exemption on the federal estate tax stands at a generous $5 million per person.


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/super...2500488.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons
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What does being rich have to do with the Tea Party you bloviating dunce?
 
if you think people who make 250,000 a year are not rich your insane.


try living on 20,000 a year
 
but that's it.... the Koch Bros. and a few other puppet masters and then the rest of the unwashed hoards are morons with teabags tied to their hats carrying around stupid signs like, "Keep your socialist hands off my medicare".
 
yeap the evil leading the stupid down a path they paved with their inherited money.



the right in this country is willfully stupid rats following a pied piper with big bank accounts
 
you fucking hate ANYONE who doesn't agree with you.

YOU defend your fucking party cheating in elections to STEAL democracy from the people.

Youre a fucking traitor to this country
 
Granule said:
I don't know. How many homosexuals do you know that are rich?
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aw gosh.... I know you tea baggers from the tea party don't LIKE to be called tea baggers... and you try to deflect and point out that it is also a term that sometimes refers to a somewhat less than ordinary sex act between two men, but we democrats love to call you tea baggers anyway.... just to get under your skin a bit... kinda like Rush likes to call us the democrat party instead of the democratic party... it's all pretty harmless fun, wouldn't you agree?

The fact remains... the demographic of the typical tea bagger is not synonymous with the formerly typical republican demographic that included country club memberships and summer homes. You tea baggers are typically a rather uneducated oafish lot... and that makes you prone to be kidding about it.
 
maineman said:
aw gosh.... I know you tea baggers from the tea party don't LIKE to be called tea baggers... and you try to deflect and point out that it is also a term that sometimes refers to a somewhat less than ordinary sex act between two men, but we democrats love to call you tea baggers anyway.... just to get under your skin a bit... kinda like Rush likes to call us the democrat party instead of the democratic party... it's all pretty harmless fun, wouldn't you agree?

The fact remains... the demographic of the typical tea bagger is not synonymous with the formerly typical republican demographic that included country club memberships and summer homes. You tea baggers are typically a rather uneducated oafish lot... and that makes you prone to be kidding about it.
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Actually if you believe this New York Times Poll from 2010 Tea Party folk are pretty well educated.


Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated

Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, and are no more or less afraid of falling into a lower socioeconomic class, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html?_r=0
 
maineman said:
aw gosh.... I know you tea baggers from the tea party don't LIKE to be called tea baggers... and you try to deflect and point out that it is also a term that sometimes refers to a somewhat less than ordinary sex act between two men, but we democrats love to call you tea baggers anyway.... just to get under your skin a bit... kinda like Rush likes to call us the democrat party instead of the democratic party... it's all pretty harmless fun, wouldn't you agree?

The fact remains... the demographic of the typical tea bagger is not synonymous with the formerly typical republican demographic that included country club memberships and summer homes. You tea baggers are typically a rather uneducated oafish lot... and that makes you prone to be kidding about it.
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I do not disagree with your first paragraph. I guess some could debate whether it's 'harmless fun' but I do agree it is a way for partisans to get under each others skin.
 
maineman said:
move that scrotum off your chin... I can barely figure out what you're trying to say.
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More gay references, you bigot? Tell you what, comrade. You admit that you're a filthy communist disease bag, and I'll let everyone else know that you are capable of telling the truth, ;)
 
when you admit to having sex with house pets, then I'll quit telling people how you PM'ed me asking me for a date with my dog. ;)
 
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