tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6708893939030983212..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: OK for us to pay tax, why not OK for them too?Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10335836486701578492014-04-24T10:12:16.381-05:002014-04-24T10:12:16.381-05:00I didn't say he lived in Lake Forest - he'...I didn't say he lived in Lake Forest - he's said repeatedly he lives in Northbrook - I'm using Lake Forest as an example of a suburb where rich young Chicagoans who send their kids to Latin (per his article) might move.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82172531774554643702014-04-23T16:33:44.222-05:002014-04-23T16:33:44.222-05:00Neil..u still dont get it..because of electronic t...Neil..u still dont get it..because of electronic trading all of exchanges cited could move to indiana TOMORROWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63890709087125205442014-04-23T15:15:27.299-05:002014-04-23T15:15:27.299-05:00I don't know where you got the idea that Neil ...I don't know where you got the idea that Neil lives in Lake Forest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21957279268479993232014-04-23T10:45:40.789-05:002014-04-23T10:45:40.789-05:00Everyone blindly cites the 90% Eisenhower tax rate...Everyone blindly cites the 90% Eisenhower tax rate, but Kennedy reduced it and the economy grew. Clearly taxes can be too high or too low - what's baffling is why so few liberals complained when President Obama agreed to make 75% of the George W. Bush tax cuts on the wealthy permanent rather than insist on going back to the wildly successful Clinton tax rates.<br /><br />But there's something very off-putting about someone who lives near the Cook County/Lake County border willing to bet that parents of kids at private schools like Latin won't do what he did himself did: move to the suburbs and have their kids get a free education so good it sends them to Ivy League level colleges. Naw, no rich people live in Lake Forest. Neil, a 1%er makes over $340,000 household income per year - is that it SO inconceivable to you that a few extra thousand in taxes - i.e., the kids' college fund - might drive some of those residents to do what you did? Businesses do relocate, neighboring cities and states do poach, so let's not be so flip about this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2326089502734007262014-04-23T08:22:42.274-05:002014-04-23T08:22:42.274-05:00A wag once suggested that "the only problem w...A wag once suggested that "the only problem with capitalism was capitalists". We have an entire generation of them raised to think that their wealth is a sign of their virtue and wisdom. Add to that the "virtue of selfishness" in which they feel no obligation to anyone other than themselves and you've got a situation where they see nothing wrong in messing with everyone else to their own benefit. It sure doesn't help that Obama has turned out to be a good friend of the market and crony capitalism. Even Reagan and the first Bush went after the jokers who tanked things in the S&L fiasco and sent many of them to well deserved stays in jail but Obama and his justice department seem curiously reluctant to do the same today with the financial cheats. And, I don't see that changing if Clinton gets into the White House. David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61087505519085010732014-04-23T04:14:34.793-05:002014-04-23T04:14:34.793-05:00Eat the rich. They are a valuable source of protei...Eat the rich. They are a valuable source of protein. But end all taxes on everyone and give away money, just print it. Advocate of the anti-Christnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58915966342009521942014-04-23T00:33:54.489-05:002014-04-23T00:33:54.489-05:00We should also get rid of tax deductions for food,...We should also get rid of tax deductions for food, liquor & entertainment.<br />Two/thirds of the people at the Super Bowl don't pay for their tickets, their companies pay for them & then deduct the cost of the tickets & the private jet to go there, along with the luxury hotel suite.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978194163495589398noreply@blogger.com