tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post6329991602407926699..comments2023-12-17T20:36:23.078-08:00Comments on Afferent Input: If America had $100 and 100 people...Afferent Inputhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751597864546295381noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-35843349375634630302021-11-24T05:33:42.792-08:002021-11-24T05:33:42.792-08:00cialis türkiye distribütörü resmi satış sitesi<a href="https://www.orjinal-cialis.org/" rel="nofollow">cialis</a> türkiye distribütörü resmi satış sitesicialis fiyatıhttps://www.orjinal-cialis.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-68242625489565599342018-11-20T21:49:01.811-08:002018-11-20T21:49:01.811-08:00Nice blog. Useful information, thanks for sharingNice blog. Useful information, thanks for sharingasiateloutsourcinghttp://www.asiateloutsourcing.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-47066749629306771122013-02-15T05:11:22.622-08:002013-02-15T05:11:22.622-08:00The first several months of my site there were no ...The first several months of my site there were no comments; just give it time; now they come in like crazy every day! Thanks. <a href="http://www.nytaxpreparation.net/for/" rel="nofollow">NY tax return preparation</a><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671195978168816842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-84295744655863208612012-12-06T17:48:37.963-08:002012-12-06T17:48:37.963-08:00This is a great visual, thank you. Could you post ...This is a great visual, thank you. Could you post a link to the CBO data? <br />P.S. This looks like pre-income tax data, and changes in post-income tax rates (total income tax of state, payroll, federal, after total deductions - TPC has a chart: http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/Content/PDF/T11-0322.pdf) would be even worse.Alex Linskerhttps://taxandconversation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-53322723738186177282011-12-16T22:08:00.094-08:002011-12-16T22:08:00.094-08:00You have a very good blog that the main thing a lo...You have a very good blog that the main thing a lot of interesting and useful!Lexaprohttp://hfeel.org/cheap-lexapro-online-en.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-48663681639509306822011-09-22T19:14:16.330-07:002011-09-22T19:14:16.330-07:00Any chance you could post the sources for this dat...Any chance you could post the sources for this data?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-63722735594330622272011-08-20T01:43:53.659-07:002011-08-20T01:43:53.659-07:00For those that are against taxing the extremely we...For those that are against taxing the extremely wealthy - have you never played Monopoly? That's what we are seeing in the world now, and the only way to stop everyone except for the extremely wealthy from going bankrupt is to get some of that money back into circulation in the economy, as the life blood of the economy.<br /><br />The only way to do that is to tax the wealthy, to get the circulation going again before gangrene sets in and it all rots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-8572801170021610012011-04-27T12:21:58.981-07:002011-04-27T12:21:58.981-07:00I'm currently working preproduction on a docum...I'm currently working preproduction on a documentary about this topic- basically a test on whether or not social mobility does exist. If anyone is interested in assisting me with research, I would love to hear from you. email me at info@greatproductions.net<br /><br />Thanks to you all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-3278027485317515282010-07-20T02:50:24.143-07:002010-07-20T02:50:24.143-07:00Regardless, American workers deserve some protecti...Regardless, American workers deserve some protections from corporate malfeasance and serious illness.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.magellancallcenter.com/live-business-answering-services.htm" title="Small Business Answering service" rel="nofollow"><b>Small Business Answering service</b></a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06716829956800801528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-69523271359618522792010-07-18T14:48:49.952-07:002010-07-18T14:48:49.952-07:00How sad, the Great America in decline. You have le...How sad, the Great America in decline. You have let your corporations rape pillage and plunder you and the rest of the world. You have marched into other countries and stolen their wealth while pretending it was a just cause. You have a false sense of justice and the wealthy buy immunity through the courts who argue over technicalities and not the principals. Your health system is one of the most expensive in the world. You as a nation have distanced yourself from reality so much that you think life is about what you earn not what you contribute. You are fearful of everyone and every other nation that is different to you so you fence yourself in and need a standing army. Get back to what you once were, put aside your petty differences and stop blaming everyone else for your troubles. The Great can be Great again but its going to take hard work and the removal of your corrupt systems to do it. Individuals need to stand up for whats right not what they can get - when that happens, then your nation may rise from the ashes and return to being a beacon that the rest of this world is interested in imitating again. Good luckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-80167182863760472452010-06-27T21:35:18.365-07:002010-06-27T21:35:18.365-07:00I forgot; there was also a comment in here that th...I forgot; there was also a comment in here that the bottom quintile in the US is better off than in several other countries. That's certainly false, for several reasons.<br /><br />One, the social safety net is much better overseas. Two, the chance of going bankrupt for medical problems is much smaller (related to one, of course). Three, you're guaranteed access to good medical care (again related to one).<br /><br />If you've got quite a bit of money, the US is probably better (only probably because until your wealth reaches obscene levels, there's still the threat of medical bankruptcy), but for the poor? Not a chance.AMusingFoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956941168630830635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-40045232529400804932010-06-27T18:37:59.498-07:002010-06-27T18:37:59.498-07:00Several people have gotten awfully holier-than-tho...Several people have gotten awfully holier-than-thou about how they don't want to pay for their neighbors debts. While that's certainly an understandable attitude, they should reflect on what the government provides.<br /><br />They should also reflect on how an inheritance tax helps prevent (or at least slow) the growth of an aristocracy.<br /><br />They might also want to think about how progressive taxation helps the entire nation.<br /><br />How? Well, look at a graph of the top tax rate measured against percent growth in GDP. The correlation between the two is VERY strong.<br /><br />You'll note, if you do that, that it also tracks the difference between the top of the pie against the rest of the pie. That is, the economy grows most quickly when the top 1% are closer to the rest.<br /><br />Also consider how unfair a flat tax is. If I'm in the bottom quintile, my living expenses are much closer to my income (actually, according to NY Times graph from a while ago that I can't find at the moment, my expenses will be <i>greater</i> than my income), with the separation becoming larger as income goes up.<br /><br />And that chart was showing living expenses for the top quintile at only about twice that of the bottom quintile.<br /><br />So a flat tax heavily penalizes those at the bottom of the pyramid, while leaving those at the top paying so little as to not care.<br /><br />Finally, in calling taxation theft, where are the expenditures that you find so objectionable? The money isn't being thrown in a pit and burned (well, unless you want to call Iraq/Afghanistan that, in which case I won't argue with you).AMusingFoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956941168630830635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-36150650704296901472010-05-13T07:13:11.851-07:002010-05-13T07:13:11.851-07:00The funny thing with all the comments to keep on t...The funny thing with all the comments to keep on the same track forever and not redistributing wealth, is that at the end, there can only be one winner... One winner like in one people. I would like to see the face of people defending the liberal system at that point. Are we gonna say: "fair enough this guy was better than everyone else! He deserves it"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398352602826967887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-42736625078037402852010-04-15T10:04:35.324-07:002010-04-15T10:04:35.324-07:00Why nothing in this post about the size of the pie...Why nothing in this post about the size of the pie growing? Get real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-54331549510329832722010-04-10T17:26:03.807-07:002010-04-10T17:26:03.807-07:00At this stage, adjusting the income tax (either by...At this stage, adjusting the income tax (either by changing marginal tax rates and/or by closing loophole, denying deductions, etc) to redistribute wealth from high earners to low wage households would be like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Over the past thirty years US households have seen not only a shocking redistribution of income toward top earners, but also a consequent, massive and damaging inequality in wealth (as opposed to income).<br /><br />It is time to consider a wealth tax: a sizable one off levy on the wealth of every household, corporation, trust or other legal person with assets of over say $2m. ideally the levy would be progressive with those with fortunes in excess of say $100m paying the lion's share. The proceeds could be used to repay debt, make infrastructure investments, finance financial aid, healthcare and income transfers to poorer households.<br /><br />Any student from Economics 101 will grasp the likely stimulative effect of this sort of wealth transfer since those with lower incomes (and less wealth) are more like to consume what they are given. Also, if the tax were enacted in a way that rules out it being levied again for a considerable period, the effect of incentives to work, save, invest etc of those who are assessed the tax would be minimized.<br /><br />Now THAT would be a class war worth fighting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-28730747938109797142009-03-27T12:00:00.000-07:002009-03-27T12:00:00.000-07:00Alan Greenspan had this to say about Wealth vs Inc...Alan Greenspan had this to say about Wealth vs Income<BR/><BR/>"Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, make the case for wealth:<BR/>"Ultimately, we are interested in the question of relative standards of living and economic well-being. We need to examine trends in the distribution of wealth, which, more fundamentally than earnings or income, represents a measure of the ability of households to consume."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-63997782407161398972009-03-18T07:13:00.000-07:002009-03-18T07:13:00.000-07:00Couldn't agree more with BizCoach. A flat tax, wh...Couldn't agree more with BizCoach. A flat tax, while it may be simple to understand, is anything but fair.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01635458937878902723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-43520489060426631222009-03-18T05:02:00.000-07:002009-03-18T05:02:00.000-07:00I've worked myself up and I believe I'm in the top...I've worked myself up and I believe I'm in the top 5% and I think progressive tax is the only fair way to go. Here's why. I could not have done what I did in most other countries. <BR/><BR/>If you think of tax and the price to be an American, and enjoy the piece, protection, infrastructure, court system etc. then it becomes obvious that people at the top are able to take advantage of this much more than people at the bottom.<BR/><BR/>And the increase is not arithmetic as a flat tax would indicate. If I'm twice as rich as the average bear, I probably have a lot more that twice as many business dealings (that succeed because we have a solid justice system and until recently a solid banking system) and get more than twice as many deliveries that depend on the roads, and a secure source of oil protected by the military etc.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention that I had a public education that was probably better than most.<BR/><BR/>So I'm all for fairness but self-made people need to be fair and admit how much of a boost they get from things that are paid for by taxes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14304407814783126112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-49514864041244484342008-09-26T01:01:00.000-07:002008-09-26T01:01:00.000-07:00Sure thing. The image is all over the place anyway...Sure thing. The image is all over the place anyway. The more people that see it the better. Just be sure to point back to this post, please.Afferent Inputhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751597864546295381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-18125225094934897972008-09-25T16:59:00.000-07:002008-09-25T16:59:00.000-07:00Hoping it's OK to post that 5th image to the faceb...Hoping it's OK to post that 5th image to the facebook group "<A HREF="http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/No-blank-check-for-Wall-Street/27399824194" REL="nofollow">No Blank Check for Wall Street"</A>Thomas Nephewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019400893103077252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-62608553120831759242008-03-12T12:58:00.000-07:002008-03-12T12:58:00.000-07:00aardvark7 you understand as many have not what thi...aardvark7 you understand as many have not what this is about! <BR/>This is about the RICH and Privileged in this country getting that way at the expense of the rest of us. I have worked my whole life in corporate American and I have been asked for the last 20 years to do more work with less pay else someone will do it instead of me! This constant threat of getting fired if I do not preform to their expectation. This is what the motivation to work harder for less pay is to keep your job not to get raises or bonus. While the ask you to find ways to have work off sourced to India. Or if they do give you a raise it does not even equal inflation. All the while the corporation is doing well and the people at the top of the food chain continue to get fatter and fatter! How the Hell is that Fair? Your RIGHT IT IS NOT! When is enough a enough? I am trying to raise a family wife, 3 kids. I am not alone I read blog after blog of disinfranchised Americans. If we contiunally allow the rich in this country to exploit us things wil only get worse! If we stay this course there will be a revolution in this country because when gas hits 8 dollars a gallon along with Milk and Eggs the haves and the have nots will clash! And it will not be Pretty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-52714933389953461012008-01-08T11:43:00.000-08:002008-01-08T11:43:00.000-08:00Can you send me the data set you used to generate ...Can you send me the data set you used to generate the last graph of your Dec 14 post ("If America had $100 and 100 people...")?. I want to plot the income gains of the top 1% against the stock market returns for the same period to see how closely they track one another (or I'll send you the stock return data and you can plot it). <BR/><BR/>DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-72192077981579263912007-12-24T06:27:00.000-08:002007-12-24T06:27:00.000-08:00one should take into account also the size of the ...one should take into account also the size of the pie, not just how the pie has been divided to the different groups. is the lowest quintile worse off in absolute terms than 26 years ago? the burden of proof is that they are not. <BR/><BR/>if somebdy looks at the ABSOLUTE standard of living of the lowest quintile now in US and compares it with that of the lowest quintile in France, Germany, UK, Japan, Canada will see that overall the American por have it better still. not by much is true. and with more risks as far as health care and social security.<BR/><BR/>despite the fact that liberals claim that the rising tide has lifted only the yachts truth is that all the boats have been lifted by the extraordinary economic growth. no doubt, the yachts have risen more that the little boats...<BR/><BR/>while there is need to temper the rise in inequality between classes we should be careful not to stall the engine of economic growth. going to the path taken by France may not be the best fix of the problem. will end up growing a lot slower and having less pie to share for everybody.<BR/><BR/>at this time I am afraid both of the extreme supply-side conservatives and the socialist leaning liberals ( I have no ideea why we keep calling them liberals when they are really socialists). I consider myself a liberal but I think there is too much shift to the left from a good part of liberal leaning people. and this will not help when fighting the conservatives.<BR/><BR/>I do believe that we need a health care reform including expansion of Medicare to every American who wishes to sign up for it before 65. I do believe we need to spend a lot less on wars in areas of the world we have very poor understanding of. I do believe we need to spend alot more on educating our kids better ( if you look at PISA results will see a huge gap between the abilities of our kids in math and science compared with the Fins, Koreeans and French). I do believe we need to wean ourselves off oil, SUV's and energy wasting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-47349653739082165682007-12-22T01:18:00.000-08:002007-12-22T01:18:00.000-08:00There is a definite self-righteousness about some ...There is a definite self-righteousness about some of these comments : "I've saved for years, I'm a good steward of my money, how dare you tax me". But this isn't about tax, it's about salaries. The top 1% has far more money today because they've granted themselves huge pay increases, stock options, shares, golden handshakes, golden helloes, etc. The income of the average "big boss" in America is roughly 500 times that of his lowly "worker bee". Is this FAIR? Just? Right? Of course most will react by repeating the mantra "if the market dictates that that's the boss's valeu, then it is just and fair and right". Rubbish! The market hasn't dictated anything ; corporate directors are in a monopoly situation where they can vote themselves whatever they can get away with in terms of benefits, stock-options etc, whilst freezing or reducing the wages of the lowest-paid. They do this because humans are intrinsically selfish bastards ; and governements have a duty to curb such selfishness and injustice in society. They can introduce legislation to cap the amount of shares one person can hold, limiting golden handshakes etc. But they don't, because it's the people who have the money who have the power to buy off the politicians. I don't see how anyone can justify such a system ; sure it's survival of the fittest, but there is no notion of justice or fairness in it.aardvark7https://www.blogger.com/profile/13267203139393598130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005144705812266621.post-38766645296310412202007-12-20T10:01:00.000-08:002007-12-20T10:01:00.000-08:00Anonymous said, "I work and save while many of my ...Anonymous said, "I work and save while many of my neighbors buy cars, run up credit card debt, drink Starbucks coffee and spoil their children."<BR/><BR/>It's too bad that anonymous doesn't understand that one can do all those things without carrying a credit card balance. <BR/><BR/>Do I not detect a veiled slam against - gasp - liberals? We liberals are known for drinking Starbucks lates and spoiling our children. We're also known for indoctrinating our children with evil ideas like evolution and safe sex. You'd think that by leading such a deviant lifestyle, God would smite liberals by maxing out their Amex cards. And just for good measure, He'll ruin their FICO score with excessive Blockbuster late fees.BobbyVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677098825386668725noreply@blogger.com