TYT Debate w/ Conservative (Says $250k Is Not A Lot Of Money!)

Run time: 18:38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4cVUpWvFjQ   Posted on YouTube: April 20, 2010 By YouTube Member: TYTInterviews Views on YouTube: 286   Posted on DU: April 21, 2010 By DU Member: ihavenobias Views on DU: 833

 
Summary: Cenk talks to conservative Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice on government, taxes, banks and more. Internally here in the studio we thought Cenk was too soft on this guest, but Cenk disagrees, pointing out that if he gets fiery with a guest people complain about that too (fair enough). At any rate, the best part of this interview is the last quarter when Sekulow blatantly defends the rich while admitting (R) wins are more important than a good economy for the middle class.

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man, those reTHUGs are bold considering all we have been through... if we had more like cenk in the M$M i bet we wouldn't have ignorance on parade with the tea baggers and the rest of the yahoos :crazy:

$35K (which I have lived on) is working poor in LA.

The tax rates goes up for every dollar made AFTER the first 250k, so it's misleading to say that people making $250k is what's at stake. Not to mention http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/02/23/250000-tax-rates-and-you/|this>:

In other words, tax rates may go up between 2 and 4 percent for the country’s higher earners. So, who does this affect? It’s not “people earning more than $250,000 a year.”

The answer is: people with a taxable income of more than $250,000 a year. Taxable income is your adjusted gross income minus your exemptions and either itemized deductions or the standard deduction. And if you’re earning that much every year, you’re probably itemizing.

But you'll have to tell me where you got your information or put the real link in your post, I don't click on blind links.

when you let your mouse hover over the hyperlink. I use Firefox and that's the case:

http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/02/23/250000-tax-rates-and-you/

Nothing lights up on the blind link for me, so it's nice to have the explicit one.

Try living in LA on 35K like I did.

I'm not gonna give away my income, but let's just say I'm insanely closer to 35k than 250k (or 50k for that matter). And obviously LA is enormous, as is my hometown of Chicago (and the surrounding suburbs). So, if you live in Beverly Hills (or the Gold Cost in Chicago) I'm sure 250k isn't much, but there are also plenty of areas where one can live quite comfortably at 250k. Of course if the expectation is that mom and dad both drive a (pick one) BMW/Mercedes/Lexus/fill-in-the-blank expensive car and so on, then yes, to maintain that standard of living...well, you get the idea.

It's all relative. At any rate, I'm fine with raising the bracket at which the top marginal tax rate kicks in, to say 3 million a year (with a large increase in the rate).

35K is behind the eight ball, no matter what part of the city you are living in. And that's with driving a used car (me), living in an apartment in a not so great area (me), and buying as much on sale as possible (me, again.)

So tell me 35K is comfortable? I'd love to move there. (Oh, and add gas to your expenses if you move me out to Victorville or Mojave. :) )

35k is brutal! The 250k is crazy comfortable in relation to that.

:)

Don't hold your breath, though. ;)

listen, at the end of the day...listen, at the end of the day...listen, at the end of the day...listen, at the end of the day...

Fuck this asshole! He runs from republican culpability and highlights democrat complicity ( of which these is way too much).