Latest comments for http://polzoo.com , comment 0 to 1 out of 1 comments http://polzoo.com Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:35:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://polzoo.com/content/view/303/52/#pc_478 Looks good on paper. I see you have the numbers on what percentage of the tax burden the rich pay. Thank You. They are on track to hit 40% in 2008, but the slowing economy may curtail that some as the rich are the first to lose money when the economy hits the skids. (Just for fun, look up how much of the tax burden the rich were paying in 1928, just before the Great Depression.) You may faint when I say this, but I have no problem with money going from the rich (as long as it's fair to the rich also) to the poor as long as it accomplishes something positive. I worked in some areas with high welfare rates early in my life only to come back to that area and find that their children and grandchildren are still on welfare with help wanted signs hanging on businesses. With many, there seems to be no incentive to uplift themselves. I have hired people at an entry level wage only to have them quit later saying they can make the same more on welfare. Well, it's entry level. I began at entry level at a time when my off white skin color was more of an issue. You have to work your way up. Working your way up is the one true way to increase your salary--not waiting for government to raise it for you. There was a time (as late as 1970) when Blacks had a lower divorce rate, a lower out-of-wedlock birth rate, lower crime rate than Whites. What happened? It's complex, but the breakdown of the Black family began about the time of President Johnson's "Great Society" (that he took our SS trust fund to pay for and replaced it with IOU's, but that's another rant) The government teat replaced the need for a man in the house. It also removed the incentive to work to better themselves as welfare money met their needs, why work harder? There are those who, through no fault of their own, we will need to support with welfare. But the number that is playing the system is far larger. Take it from one who grew up in a neighborhood where everyone seemed to be playing the system. - Glennsopinions Fri, 16 May 2008 08:09:21 +0100