Comments on: tax the rich http://nowheres.com/2006/01/tax-the-rich.html nowheres is now here Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:43:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://nowheres.com/2006/01/tax-the-rich.html/comment-page-1#comment-7 Anonymous Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:34:00 +0000 http://nowheres.com/nonblogs/dana/2006/01/15/tax-the-rich/#comment-7 Yes, that's the beauty of the idea: no one in your bracket would feel like they need to take another job just to make incrementally more than everyone else - and so drive up the cost of everything, including housing, erasing the gains they think they're making - and making everyone else a little poorer in the process.<br/><br/>On the other hand, maybe your wife would enjoy working now - and would like a job even if all the extra money went to the government for public services. Yes, that’s the beauty of the idea: no one in your bracket would feel like they need to take another job just to make incrementally more than everyone else – and so drive up the cost of everything, including housing, erasing the gains they think they’re making – and making everyone else a little poorer in the process.

On the other hand, maybe your wife would enjoy working now – and would like a job even if all the extra money went to the government for public services.

]]> By: rtruxel http://nowheres.com/2006/01/tax-the-rich.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 rtruxel Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:03:00 +0000 http://nowheres.com/nonblogs/dana/2006/01/15/tax-the-rich/#comment-6 This is a great idea. It would solve one of our societies greatest problems - women in the work place. <br/><br/>I make just below the 90% income bracket. My wife has not worked the last few years due to our young children. Now she wants to work out of the home but I do not want her to. IF the government was going to take 95% plus of her income (including state and social security) she would not be able to afford to work. This is a great idea. It would solve one of our societies greatest problems – women in the work place.

I make just below the 90% income bracket. My wife has not worked the last few years due to our young children. Now she wants to work out of the home but I do not want her to. IF the government was going to take 95% plus of her income (including state and social security) she would not be able to afford to work.

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