Thread: Why do rich people complain about paying taxes?

Imagine this: you walk into McDonald's, the man in front of you orders a quarter pounder, the cashier looks him over and decides he looks lower-middle class and charges him $2. Then it's your turn, so you order a quarter pounder, the cashier looks you over and decides you look rich, so he charges you $5. You and the man in front of you both got the exact same product, and yet you had to pay more than twice as much for it. Is that fair? Of course not, it does not matter if you are rich and the other guy is poor, you both get the exact same thing. Saying "you can afford it", is stupid and irrelevant, and completely ignores the fact that you were just discriminated against.

Forcing one person to pay more for the same product or service as another person just because "you can afford it" is patently unfair and a violation of basic human rights.

Most of the tax money they pay goes into the system and into police forces and military forces that enforce the laws that they make. And in turn, allows them to make more money. Or are they just faking outrage.
@ OK State alum: that is my alma mater, but you must have taken political science with Professor Burke the most conservative of them all, because you do not know what you are talking about. My point is the fact that the system is designed to help the rich. If I were rich, I would be glad to put money into a sure investment. The point is they want to poor people to pay for jails and sh*t, then later, they put them in there, and are paid for each prisoner there. It really a scam and you are a fool.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison-industrial_complex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_industrial_complex

They're completely drunk with power.

Greed!

republican greed

Rich people do not do what poor people do, they are tight with their money, poor are loose with theirs

The top hedge fund manager made around $4 BILLION last year. Paid 15% on much of that income.

It’s shocking that Republicans can’t stop talking about giving that guy more tax cuts.

The rich are by far the heaviest users of our infrastructure, yet they don't want to pay for it.

They won't have enough money to pay their shirtless illegal Mexican boys if they have to pay higher taxes.

So you're saying you enjoy paying taxes?