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Mira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 03:35 PM
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What's wrong with this chart - This just in from Move-on.org
Tell Congress to close the hedge fund manager loophole


Tell them that:

* Billionaire hedge fund managers shouldn't pay lower taxes than average Americans
* It's time to close this tax loophole once and for all
* The super-rich have to pay their fair share and stop squeezing the middle class
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reggie the dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 03:53 PM
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1. If the class war turns into a hot war I guess we know who to shoot
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 03:56 PM
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2. You'll know them by their pinstripes... eom
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Fla_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 07:48 PM
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9. Well, yea
look how tall he is, he'd be hard to miss. :smoke:
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 01:31 PM
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14. Like you could get close. nm
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kiapolo Donating Member (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 06:09 PM
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3. this one is easy...
all of their tax rates are TOO HIGH!!
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 07:44 PM
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7. If we slashed the military to the bone
maybe you'd have a point. Otherwise, what, you don't want roads, schools, emergency services, etc. etc. etc.?
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 07:45 PM
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8. So...
you think that the tax rate for the hedge fund mgr is too high?

I know what the others in the list do for society, and realize they pay the taxes for the mgr...but just what does this person do for society, the nation, the community...or anything other than hims/herself, that would have someone think his/her rate is to high...:shrug:
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bergie321 Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 06:16 PM
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4. You obviously
Are just too dumb to understand trickle down economics...

:sarcasm:
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 07:28 PM
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5. Easy - the average teacher salary (10 years service) is closer to 45K.
On top of that, the rates listed are for filing as a single. Married with children reduces that net rate (by AGI) significantly.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 07:35 PM
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6. Did you create that graph? It is very creative, and quite eloquent.
Edited on Wed May-26-10 07:36 PM by bobbolink
Thank you.

sorry... just realized you said it was from Move-on. Quite clever, thank you for posting it.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 11:17 PM
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10. uh . . the median individual salary in the U.S. is $20-$30K; is that what's wrong with this graph?
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 11:19 PM
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11. The average is being skewed high by the Hedge Fund Managers.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 01:11 AM
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12. 1 Billion dollars a year? really?
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 01:28 AM
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13. the origin of most social problems in a nutshell
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mimitabby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 02:37 PM
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15. painful, isn't it!
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 02:39 PM
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16. Fuck the taxes what about those wages...
47 grand for running into burning buildings? Our priorities are so fucked up...
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