Re: shuttle disaster
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 12:51:25AM -0600, DvB wrote:
> Gary Turner <kk5st@sbcglobal.net> writes:
>
> > DvB wrote:
> >
> > >Nathan E Norman <nnorman@incanus.net> writes:
> > <snip>
> > >> Yeah, after all it's not their money .. they just worked hard to earn
> > >> it.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >You don't "work hard" for stock dividends. You just put your money in
> > >stocks and they come all by themselves... although I guess I did word
> > >that a little strangely.
> >
> > Where the hell do you think the money came from?
>
> Dividends, also called "profit sharing," are monies payed to investors
> by companies as encourangement for current investors to continue to put
> their money in the aforementioned companies and to attract new
> investors.
>
>
> > If an investor can't expect a return, why should he put himself at
> > risk?
>
> Since when has the taxation of dividends robbed you of a return on your
> investment?
> Following that argument. If I don't get a return from my work (in the
> form of an untaxed salary), why should I make an effort to earn a
> living?
I assume you are in favor of a "progressive" income tax scale.
Shouldn't other taxes such as payroll taxes (not the same as income
taxes!), sales taxes, and even taxes on investment income be
"progressive" as well? If not, why not?
> > What kind of idiot was your economics prof?
> >
> More of an idiot than your fuzzy math prof, apparently.
You must have really hated your economics prof.
--
Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:nnorman@incanus.net
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that
they be properly armed.
-- Alexander Hamilton
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