Re: POTUS 45.22 - The Genius of Donald Trump
Where did I say the poor lazy were worse than the rich lazy?
Now, if they earned their money through hard work, then took it easy, no problem with that. If you just inherited family money and coasted? Meh. I don't like that at all.
We need a pareto chart of relative benefits. Instead of railing on the lazy people living off of welfare, you will see that the tax breaks on gets for capitol gains far out weighs that. You never talk about equal taxes among all income- you just point out the same BS that R's like to rail on.
I'm 100% not talking about the estate tax, I'm talking capitol gains, where you just find someone who is willing to pay you more for something that you paid for. Hold that for more than one year, and that income is taxed at merely 15%. That is such BS it's not funny. It adds NOTHING to the economy at all, and makes people enter the investment world over actually working for a living. Again, I challenge anyone to explain how wall st money (other than initial stock sales) actually adds to the economy vs tying up billions and billions of dollars that can either be spent or REALLY invested in making stuff.
Then again, the fact that you buy into the whole estate tax BS, it's pretty funny. I'm 100% certain that you will never sniff a cent of estate tax. Your projection of that tax are for individuals who have a $5M estate. And some of that estate IS NOT TAXED. Most people's #1 thing is their house- and if you sold it before you die, that is subject to estate tax. If your estate sells it AFTER you die, it's taxed at the estate tax rate. So if you somehow make $1M in value for your house, that tax is hidden. I'd have to check, but talking to our lawyer, 401k's may have the same rule- sell it before you die, capitol gains tax, pass it on, no tax.
So to blanket say that the estate tax is taxed twice isn't correct. Some might, a lot isn't.
The core, though, is to really understand who is getting the best breaks- the rich or poor. You think the poor, I really think the rich. Heck, there's zero reason rich should get ANY tax breaks or welfare- they don't spend money at the same rate as the poor and middle class- so they don't add to the overall economy the same.