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Should people who work hard and later become financially successful have to pay draconian federal taxes?

..........so as to punish them for playing by the rules and living the american dream?

Public Comments

1. That is how it seems at the moment. Darn liberals.
2. Should they? No. Will they? Yes. Thank you to everyone who voted for Obama
3. that seems to be the ticket...fools, all of us.
4. No, only you should because of your bad attitude! Cheer up, dude, it's Hump Day...or maybe that's the problem?
5. We don't know what you're talking about....The taxes you speak of are taxes that were once being paid by the richest of us several years ago, and who simply will pay it again...YOU and people like ME are receiving tax cuts...that is of course you do not make more than 250,00 a year...and if you do< I'll be happy to study under you and pay a larger percent to help those who need my help....YOU????
6. No they shouldnt have to pay more.
7. Not if you know where to put the money and how to draw on it so that you pay minimum tax.
8. The wealthy have had nothing but tax cuts for the last eight years and where has that gotten us? Warren Buffet says he pays a lower percentage of his yearly income than his personal secretary. If that sounds fair to you, then you probably think a baseball player is worth $28 million a year.
9. successful smart people know how to work around the taxes.. which they will be doing
10. Those poor rich people in our country are treated no better than slaves. The tax loopholes are closing on them, and the government is even going after their offshore accounts. How can capitalism survive if the rich have to pay their share of taxes? It's a travesty, I tell you. Who would Jesus tax?
11. You have no idea what Draconian means.
12. So only the people who don't have money and are not financially successful should pay taxes? Uh, yeah, that would turn this crappy economy completely around.
13. Think of taxes as a fine you pay for making an honest living.
14. What the f is this American dream bull puckey? Are you worth a million dollars? If not...why not? Why haven't you been able to partake in the American Dream???????? Hard work is all it takes right? So...are you just plain lazy? Are 95% of Americans lazy? Why are there more workers in America than Business Owners? It is really easy to take a single business and turn it into a massive global corporation...Sam Walton did it, so why oh why are there a mere handful of Sam Walton type people in America? We should all be fricken multi-millionaires right? And if the Richie Rich's don't like it...why not try moving to Russia and doing business? There are other countries they can do business in right????????? Or is there something special about America? Is it really too much to ask for rich folks to show their appreciation in being allowed to live in a Free Market economy in which they can possibly amass billions? And if you really think the owners of Corporate America got where they are by playing by the rules...it is no wonder your still just a middle class earner tippy tap typing on the computer every day. Ever wonder why bigt business fights against increases in the minimum wage??? Every wonder why illegal immigrants who will work for $2.00 an hour are all the rage with the big corporations close to the border???? No...I doubt you would ever wonder about such things...I have seen your posts/questions. Pretty narrow minded...
15. No sir, that practice enacted by our current government defeats the American dream.All it does encourage the lazy to remain idol.
16. to give to those who need it likethe poor and lazy people and other who can't work or those who have too many kids and wants to money but I think people who work every hard have too pay taxes for lazy people