Comments on: "Tax Breaks for the Rich" – Yeah, RIGHT… https://byronharvey.com/tax-breaks-for-the-rich-yeah-right/ Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:02:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Byron https://byronharvey.com/tax-breaks-for-the-rich-yeah-right/#comment-705 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:13:41 +0000 http://www.byron-harvey.com/?p=2192#comment-705 In reply to Graham.

Hah! That would be interesting…I’m guessing he’s run up a big tab and only pay it if he were to be approached to become a barkeep.

]]> By: Graham https://byronharvey.com/tax-breaks-for-the-rich-yeah-right/#comment-704 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:25:11 +0000 http://www.byron-harvey.com/?p=2192#comment-704 Just to ask something that came to mind- they pay the bill the way that they pay taxes.

What if there were an eleventh member of the group (the Treasury Secretary)?

]]> By: Byron https://byronharvey.com/tax-breaks-for-the-rich-yeah-right/#comment-703 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:49:33 +0000 http://www.byron-harvey.com/?p=2192#comment-703 In reply to Derlin.

And of course liberal policymakers understand this; it’s not that they’re stupid, but rather that they are liars who can easily fool gullible people.

]]> By: Derlin https://byronharvey.com/tax-breaks-for-the-rich-yeah-right/#comment-702 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:50:13 +0000 http://www.byron-harvey.com/?p=2192#comment-702 I was just listening to an economist talking about how we tend to think in percentages. In a lot of cases that is true. However, as numbers get larger, I think we find the math too difficult and just say the differences are big numbers. If you look at the percentages above, it is clear that the new payment arrangement is rewarding to anyone who contributed, with more rewards to larger contribution. But, when the brain farts and you just look at dollar value adjustments, the greater contributor looks to unfairly benefit.

So, I can easily understand why people think this initially, but that gives them no excuse to ignore the reality.

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