Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1962628)

Those IRS agents will be CONCENTRATING on the tax forms of the UPPER 1%. If you are NOT in that group, you will have LITTLE to worry about. Agents were let go in the recent past so that the MOST WEALTHY Americans could AVOID their taxes more EASILY. It was successful and the middle class had to pick up the slack. (or tab)

Originally Posted by npwalters (Post 1962649)

Pure opinion on your part. The top 5% of earners pay 50% of all federal income tax.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1962456)

You know........Germany and French citizens get something like 45 days off - and their countries are NOT falling apart because of it. (France can't get a handle on its immigration problems) Germany is still able to sell BMW and Mercedes Benz vehicles at competitive prices worldwide. Germany has Unions that HELP the companies. The US has fallen victim to propaganda that demonizes Unions - for the purpose of higher profits and HUGE salaries for UPPER-level managers and CEOs. US people and workers are JUST STUPID for allowing this to develop since 1950. Don't think it IS stupid? You as a worker could (?) be having MORE days off AND making a higher salary AND US society would be stronger and more STABLE as a result. Only a few, the CEOs and upper-income developers would have to tighten their belts. WHAT is NOT to like? And PLEASE, don't warn of a communist takeover - it NEVER happened in Germany or Australia - that's a red herring!

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1962611)

Societies become MORE efficient when they have MORE vacation days, not LESS. For Example, Germany is considered very efficient and they get about 2 months off.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1962619)

Seems like THAT happened outside the borders of the US and it is a minor detail. There will ALWAYS be minor exceptions to every principle!

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1962628)

Those IRS agents will be CONCENTRATING on the tax forms of the UPPER 1%. If you are NOT in that group, you will have LITTLE to worry about. Agents were let go in the recent past so that the MOST WEALTHY Americans could AVOID their taxes more EASILY. It was successful and the middle class had to pick up the slack. (or tab)

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 1962679)

Minor detail? Bwahahaahahaha!

Where do you think the Europeans learned about slavery?

From Wiki: "How did Europe get slaves from Africa?

Africans were either captured in warring raids or kidnapped and taken to the port by African slave traders. There they were exchanged for iron, guns, gunpowder, mirrors, knives, cloth, and beads brought by boat from Europe. When Europeans arrived along the West African coast, slavery already existed on the continent."

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1962637)

Some would go bankrupt. Some would be ABLE to raise their prices significantly and continue. Each company has a DIFFERENT profit margin. The closest real example would be JAPANESE CEOs that would only ACCEPT a salary of 19 times that of their average factory worker. It IS a social lack of GREED thing - barely understandable to the usual self-serving US person. Remember the line from a movie, "Greed IS Good"!

Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 1962685)

Slavery still exists in Africa!

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1962557)

There was a Black lynched in1981, not the"DISTANT" past!

Originally Posted by Swoop (Post 1962699)

A white man was lynched in 2017, so what’s your point?
6 now arrested in white man'''s hanging death in Tennessee

Originally Posted by dnptrll (Post 1961674)

A radio announcer said yesterday that the addition of Juneteenth as a paid Federal Holiday makes a total of 48/year. That means that Federal employees get a total of over 9 weeks of paid holidays every year. Can that be correct?

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1962533)

This is an EXCELLENT argument in favor of getting rid of Thanksgiving as a holiday. It points out the shame of our country for glorifying the hostile takeover and attempted genocide of Native Americans.

Thank you for bringing it up.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 1962379)

Have you ever worked for the Govt or are you just regurgitating what you heard on the television?

I have worked for the Govt and in the same field in private industry. I had better pay and comparable benefits *outside* the Govt. Some parts of the Govt still have retirements plans but they are rarely offered in private industry any more - yes, something beats nothing any day.

Originally Posted by Mrprez (Post 1962334)

No, not management. Her official title was intake clerk.

According to this source, only 26% of federal workers are union.

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