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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
The "rich"??? Who are they??? Anyone who actually contributes to society by paying taxes, donating to charities, employing others and venturing capital?????
"The reports are saying....."---what "reports"? I think we can all guess the source of that misinformation.
This class warfare rhetoric has to end. The top 5% currently pay 65% of all taxes. And that's "fair"????? Forty-seven % pay no tax----and that's "fair". But by all means let's continue the populist rhetoric that started in 1933 and has only become worse since then.
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Who are today's rich ? For the most part they are people whose family were rich for generations and they went to the best schools. Yes, a small % of the rich were "self-made". The original INTENT of America was that EACH generation must make their OWN way. Inheritance tax was supposed to force that to happen. But, each generation found ways to legally and illegally overcome that basic idea of each generation starting at zero wealth. Look at today's wealthiest individuals and very few were "self-made" without prior generational wealth support.