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<blockquote data-quote="Proximity" data-source="post: 7137734" data-attributes="member: 589997">Believe it or not, a point can be understood though not agreed with. I understand the point you&#039;re making, but it&#039;s bullshit. Even though our government allowed it, Slavery was an obviously horrible practice. Taxing the rich is nowhere near as horrible as slavery (and I&#039;m obviously arguing that it isn&#039;t bad at all). Thus, your comparison is invalid. I know what you&#039;re trying to say, but slavery and taxing the rich are nowhere near comparable. Sorry.Why, because you have no counter to it? Like I said (you know, the part that you conveniently left out of your quote. I wonder why), it&#039;s impossible to characterize it any other way.Yeah, me and the other 294 million people in this country who would stand to benefit from it. But you&#039;re most worried about the 3 million who making millions of dollars a year instead of the 100 million who barely have enough money to pay their bills. It&#039;s like asking someone if they would punch 1 person in the arm to save the lives of 30 people and saying that it&#039;s unfair because that 1 person doesn&#039;t deserve to be punched in the arm.Wait, the poorest people in the country aren&#039;t really less fortunate than the richest 1%?Yeah, they earned it by working so hard, pleading with god to be born into a rich family. You really think that anything but a small minority of the richest people in this country weren&#039;t born into wealth? You&#039;re really that naive? I&#039;m not saying they simply inherited all of their money or something, but the education they received and connections they were able to make (no what, but who you know) would have never happened if they didn&#039;t come from an affluent family.Regardless, you really think the CEO of goldman sachs works so hard he has actually deserves to make over 20 million dollars a year? It&#039;s not like you have small business owners making $500k a year. He&#039;s doing good if he&#039;s generating that much in revenue.You think George W Bush would have ever became president if he wasn&#039;t born into wealth?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Proximity, post: 7137734, member: 589997"] Believe it or not, a point can be understood though not agreed with. I understand the point you're making, but it's bullshit. Even though our government allowed it, Slavery was an obviously horrible practice. Taxing the rich is nowhere near as horrible as slavery (and I'm obviously arguing that it isn't bad at all). Thus, your comparison is invalid. I know what you're trying to say, but slavery and taxing the rich are nowhere near comparable. Sorry. Why, because you have no counter to it? Like I said (you know, the part that you conveniently left out of your quote. I wonder why), it's impossible to characterize it any other way. Yeah, me and the other 294 million people in this country who would stand to benefit from it. But you're most worried about the 3 million who making millions of dollars a year instead of the 100 million who barely have enough money to pay their bills. It's like asking someone if they would punch 1 person in the arm to save the lives of 30 people and saying that it's unfair because that 1 person doesn't deserve to be punched in the arm. Wait, the poorest people in the country aren't really less fortunate than the richest 1%? Yeah, they earned it by working so hard, pleading with god to be born into a rich family. You really think that anything but a small minority of the richest people in this country weren't born into wealth? You're really that naive? I'm not saying they simply inherited all of their money or something, but the education they received and connections they were able to make (no what, but who you know) would have never happened if they didn't come from an affluent family. Regardless, you really think the CEO of goldman sachs works so hard he has actually deserves to make over 20 million dollars a year? It's not like you have small business owners making $500k a year. He's doing good if he's generating that much in revenue. You think George W Bush would have ever became president if he wasn't born into wealth? [/QUOTE]

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