Originally Posted by Tbugs

Richie, you asked if we just wanted to take more of a share of the money from the people who are already paying the lion's share of everythings. Close the tax loopholes for the very rich. Giant corporations not paying a cent of income tax is ridiculous. These very rich are NOT paying the lion's share of everything. It is actually the upper middle class who are paying the lion's share. Probably most of us in The Villages are in this very class who are paying the lion's share of taxes. Your withheld Federal taxes from your pension - even though you may get a refund of some at the the end of the year - are more than what some American corporations have paid at the same time they have record profits.

I would love to have that kind of a sweetheart deal. I would love to make billions of dollars and pay no taxes on it.

The only fair thing to do is to increase taxes on the very richest people and corporations. You will say the same old thing about sharing the wealth but that is crap. Do you personally feel it is right for a billion dollar profit making corporation to pay less tax than you? I do not.