Math that maybe even a Republican can understand.

[RBInMaine]

The next time you have a "class warfare" debate with a Republican "friend" who lives in your town or city, consider saying this.

"Democrats don't resent people who work hard, take risks, and earn wealth. All we ask is they pay their fair progressive share of taxes back into a system that allowed them to gain such wealth, and that they create jobs here at home. At the same time, there is a serious problem with a system rigged for the privileged and a VERY serious problem with wealth CONSOLIDATION. Think about OUR town (or city, small city, or community). What would you rather have here, ONE person who earns a million dollars a year or TEN people who each earn a hundred thousand dollars a year? The millionaire will buy just one expensive home while the people earning a hundred thousand dollars will buy ten homes, furnish them, repair them, etc. Which will bring more money to the local economy? The millionaire will send much of his or her money out of the local economy into Wall Street investments, will take more out of town and out of state trips, will buy more higher end things from out of town or out of state, etc. The ten folks each earning a hundred thousand will SPEND much more money in the local economy going to local stores, car dealerships, diners, barbers, hair dressers, car washes, etc. Which will create more jobs here in OUR town? Which is better for OUR local economy? Think about it. Of course having ten people each earning a hundred thousand a year is MUCH better for our LOCAL economy and our LOCAL small businesses than just one person who earns a million dollars a year. As is progressive taxation and tax credits and cuts aimed at the lower, working, and middle classes which means more money in the hands of people who will SPEND it in the LOCAL economy. And thousands of strong local economies all over the nation means more jobs, more small businesses, and a better economy and life for everyone. This is why wealth consolidation, outsourcing, and trickle down are BAD and FAILURES, and why PROGRESSIVE economics is so much better and WORKS so much better. Trickle down and wealth consolidation are FAILURES and always have been."

Try that. It makes the local right wingers squirm.

[LuvNewcastle]

1. You can't reason with them when it comes to taxation.

They have an extreme view about personal property. Their belief is that a man's property is absolutely his and the government or anyone else has no right to take it and give it to someone else. If he wants to give his property to someone else, he has a right to do so, but no one can make him do it. If a rich man wants to hoard his possessions while everyone around him starves, that is his right. It's feudalism, pretty much.

[RBInMaine]

2. Well, ok. But, my points go beyond just hoarding private property.

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R