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David K
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I wish I could come down for New Years... and stay! Can I get work in Baja? There isn't much left here anymore! If I can sell more books, I can fill
my gas tank!
A lot of people paying a little in taxes is what works... Just a few people paying a lot of tax is a failure in progress... Half the people now are
paying no income tax (because they are not working, or because the tax system 'rewards' lower output and punishes success).
We want to work, but the people who have hired us in the past either don't have the funds or are fearful of the future and are conserving spending for
their own security... and I can't blame them.
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wessongroup
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Good point tripper ... feel the same... and my tips ... 5 dollars for pumping gas... the guy made 100 peso a day working for Pemex... in Primo Tapia
.. ... hell would tip the toll booth attendants too ... keep the change... 
Nothing better than a good tip ... for those of us who have worked for same...
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
I wish I could come down for New Years... and stay! Can I get work in Baja? There isn't much left here anymore! If I can sell more books, I can fill
my gas tank!
A lot of people paying a little in taxes is what works... Just a few people paying a lot of tax is a failure in progress... Half the people now are
paying no income tax (because they are not working, or because the tax system 'rewards' lower output and punishes success).
We want to work, but the people who have hired us in the past either don't have the funds or are fearful of the future and are conserving spending for
their own security... and I can't blame them. |
When it's all said and done, let's remember that in the years after WWII, the tax rate was 90% for the wealthiest Americans (and they STILL found it
worthwhile to keep producing) and America had its most prosperous period in its history in terms of employment, salaries and such (of course, there
was that nasty issue about the Civil Rights movement, but that's another story).
Now, people whine because the richest among us have to pay 39% as the nation struggles to recover from one of its biggest economic crisis in its
history.
While I understand why a filthy rich person would oppose taxing the rich, what I've never understood is how someone like you, David, who is obviously
struggling to get by, would object. You probably won't ever make more than the magic number of $250,000 (nor will I), so why worry about what the
ultra rich pay? I just don't get that.
You folks are what keep the conversation about taxes from being where it should be: that those with the most--another way of saying "who have
benefitted the most from our system" should pay a correspondingly greater share of what it takes to keep the country going. You don't expect to pay
the same price for a coach seat as for first class on an airline, so why should you pay the same in taxes? You and I aren't benefitting from our
infrastructure in the same manner as, say, a Bill Gates, who depends on our infrastructure to conduct his business in ways that we never will. Why
should we pay the same rate of our income. Or, a better example are the companies that pay little or NO taxes while reaping those benefits.
So perhaps a trip down Baja is still in order if you sell some more books on Baja? That's great news.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
Good point tripper ... feel the same... and my tips ... 5 dollars for pumping gas... the guy made 100 peso a day working for Pemex... in Primo Tapia
.. ... hell would tip the toll booth attendants too ... keep the change...
Nothing better than a good tip ... for those of us who have worked for same... |
You and I are on the same wave length, empathy for those with less. Keeps that positive Karma flowing smoothly.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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