60% of Americans Back Tax Hikes on Wealthy, Poll Finds

According to a recent Washington Post and ABC News poll, 60 percent of Americans support raising taxes for incomes above $250,000.

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[JuneMarieRawFood]

THUMBS UP

[neal rodriguez]

thank you, June-Marie! appreciate the support.

[gyruuryg]

Why not make tax cuts on the poor and middle class? Why not spend less? The government is to blame with their allowance of the Federal Reserve to create money out of thin air. Tackle the problem, not the spectators.

[RaioShii2021]

Whoa calm down there little one, don't have an ulcer. I'm not gonna say you're wrong either and I'm not gonna put words in your mouth or insult you. I have to say though, what you call theft is completely one-sided. It is not theft to pay taxes, and the money does not belong to anyone single person. If you don't understand how Supply & Demand works then you're the one at fault, I'm not a businessman and I understand how a business works. If you're ignoring that simple fact then that's your prob.

[hughtub]

Your entire worldview seems based on your childhood, having grown up in a situation where your parents had 5 kids they could barely afford, making you think that "rich people" are to blame for your poverty. NO. God damnit. Your parents should have had 1 or 2 kids until they could save up to have more!!

[hughtub]

Did Bill Gates rape me? God damn you're dumb. Every rich person I know gained it through VOLUNTARY TRADE. I don't have to watch out for Warren Buffet at night, I watch out for people like you, people who think theft is ok as long as the person is richer than you... but I bet you still hate thieves in your own neighborhood. Fucking hypocrite. You're wealthy beyond the dreams of the poor person in a 3rd world country, who YOU are "anally raping", as you might mis-think.

[hughtub]

No wonder you're a fucking idiot. Your parents had kids they couldn't afford... and now here you are, having grown up in a poverty situation entirely due to your own parents reproduction before saving enough to give you a good life... complaining about rich people, people who actually save up BEFORE they reproduce. Such idiocy! Blaming those who live self-sufficiently when you should be blaming your own god damn parents.

[RaioShii2021]

And in the process you're missing my point, you're even showing that you understand what the hell I'm talking about you just like to act like someone who isn't in the business of economics to know these things just as well as you do. Paying workers a decent wage GOOD enough to live on is better for the economy, because it brings in CONSUMERS, consumers are people with cash in their pocket, giving tax cuts to the rich stops that and cutting hours/workers/wages is more likely to happen.

[OldeEnglish18]

You're joking, right? "Economics is the study of the production and consumption of goods and the transfer of wealth to produce and obtain those goods". Supply and demand are economic factors. It has everything to do with economics. Competitiveness comes from mitigation of cost. wage is a cost factor, a factor of economics. I literally cannot make sense of what you just said and I studied economics for 4 years. Also, I don't recall mentioning anything in support of tax breaks for the rich.

[RaioShii2021]

no, economics has nothing to do with how competitive a business is, business works depending solely on supply and demand, when there is less demand for something then necessity for supply goes down with it, and that in turn brings in less revenue, so the potential for cutting work hours or laying workers off is more likely to happen. giving tax breaks for the rich has nothing to do with creating jobs or growing the economy if there are no demands for suppliers.

[OldeEnglish18]

Economics is a lot like physics. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Increasing wages, increases costs incurred by a firm. That, in turn, increases prices; reducing the firm's competitiveness and decreasing revenue. At that point the firm will reduce production/labor force or close. It's not a matter of simply paying people more money. Increasing capital in one factor of a market does not grow an economy as you suggest. Capital must enter the economy from external sources.

[OldeEnglish18]

Yes, i agree, education is not hands on. It was never intended to be. The point of education is to build a steady foundation on which to create your own experiences. That's why you work through school, gain experiences, and apply it properly. Education is not meant to hold your hand to a job, but merely point to it. I believe that there are too many useless degrees offered and not enough emphasis on non-college options such as trade schools. Luck is a factor, but not the main reason for success.