Rush Limbaugh and his ilk’s right to subsidized jet flight on his $50 million/year contract must be protected at all costs so he can continue to fly around acting the pompous ass and promoting failure of Obama and incidentally, America.
so the consensus in these comments is lets go after everyone that pays millions to employ people and take money that they would use to employ people to fund more infective government programs that the politicians can waste billions more on hmmmm smart.
The super-rich are employing less Americans all the time, and getting the most from the Federal government. The people are hurting, but any mention of helping them is cursed. Sure, companies hiring Americans and increasing pay & benefits should get help, but if the plane is labeled “The Super-Rich”, it should show it dropping bombs on the rest of us.
Traded in my Taurus four years ago, another Fix Or Repair Daily. Benson just wants the wealthy to gain altitude so they can continue to pour boiling oil on the “commoners” scrambling at the wall, merely trying to get the means to survive.
Canbag said, about 7 hours agoRush Limbaugh and his ilk’s right to subsidized jet flight on his $50 million/year contract must be protected at all costs so he can continue to fly around acting the pompous ass and promoting failure of Obama and incidentally, America.(quote canbag…..truly a Hot Air Balloon filled with deadly HATE gas…..and stinky LIES)
Limbaugh is trying to save America from the destroyers like Obama. Limbaugh is a self-made success and merits his pay.He uses sarcasm and irony and pomposity only on the radio, as rhetoric in exposing the Loony Left in the USA, which sold out our original Christian legacy set by our Founders….of the 55 delegates to the constitutional convention it might interest someone to know that 52 (94.5) were church members and the first congressional job they created was Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, and one of the first printing jobs for the new U.S. printing office was to print Bibles to give to the Indians in the West. Our secular government system was God-friendly but today it is Anti-God…..Restore our Heritage of Friendly to the Bible government!
“Shared sacrifice” is a Republican term. It means take everything from the poor, give everything to the rich. So far, they’ve put the entire faith and credit of the U.S. at risk for nothing else.
@disgusted:Since the Indians couldn’t read, sounds like government waste. You probably didn’t know the christian delegates sold the government the printing presses at inflated prices, and that the bibles they gave the Indians were laced with the small pox virus.
Does anybody think that Eric Cantors already betting on the US to fail raising the debt ceiling is a conflict of interest?
."House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) latest financial disclosure statement indicates that he owns up to $15,000 of ProShares Trust Ultrashort 20+ Year Treasury EFT, a fund that will likely skyrocket as U.S. debt becomes less desirable.
“If the debt ceiling isn’t raised, investors would start fleeing U.S. Treasuries,” Motley Fool’s Matt Koppenheffer told Salon. “Yields would rise, prices would fall, and the Proshares ETF should do very well. It would spike.”"
Keep believing that. Let’s break down the “do not create jobs” part. They do, in fact, create jobs. 1) Homes cost money. They buy homes. That home is built by someone. Hence, a job is created when the multi-million dollar home is built. 2) They have accountants manage their money. That accountant doesn’t work for free. If the account is large enough, there are likely multiple accountants assigned to the file. Not couting the lower-tier workers that support the CPA’s that do the signing-off on the work.3) They have banks that they use to keep their money safe. Likely multiple banks. Some domestic, some overseas. Those domestic banks require people to manage that money. That money feeds into the pool that employs the entire bank (from the manager down to the teller).4) They almost always invest in the market, between money markets and mutual funds to direct stocks. Each of these require fund managers. Those managers have support staff. 5) Super Rich are not cyborgs; they require food. They require toiletries. They require booze. They consume the same kinds of things that we do. The difference is the scale, quality, and volume at which they purchase those consumables. Each of those consumables requires a person or people domestically to put on the shelves, grow, make, manufacture, or whatever else. 6) The rich buy cars. Frequently lots of cars. Some domestic, some import. But they still spend money here for their cars. They buy fuel here. They get their oil changed here. They have maintenance done here. All of these things produce jobs here.
So… even if you are delusional and say that their investments into IPO’s and other business ventures don’t create jobs (by creating new companies), you can’t deny the fact that they still consume products and services like you and me. The difference is they have higher standards for what they get. They directly employ people. For you to think otherwise is sheer lunacy.
You’re right. The wealthy cannot possibly consume the same percentage of their wealth as do a middle class or poor person. But, at the same time, even 5% of their wealth would exceed the entire spending of a poor/middle class person, or multiple persons. 5% of 1 mil is still $50,000. And 25% of 30k is 7.5k. So 1 “rich person’s” 5% = 6-1/2 poor people’s worth of spending. So if we carry that out at 3% of the population (assuming 300 million for easy math) we’re talking 900,000 people spending 50k. That’s 450 billion. divided by 7.5k = 60 million people or 20% of the population. So… the math confirms that while their numbers are fewer, their spending (while a smaller percent of their gross earnings) still represents a very large segment of purchasing power and economic volume. Yes, the poor spend more money on the essentials per capita than the rich person does, but that doesn’t mean the rich person doesn’t contribute. They do, and in a very big way.
lbass48 almost 13 years ago
You mean that Ford Taurus that the bank repossessed three years ago? We’ve got a choice, tax the wealthy or deflation. You decide.
cjkinsey almost 13 years ago
it is not the white house, it is America.
Gypsy8 almost 13 years ago
Rush Limbaugh and his ilk’s right to subsidized jet flight on his $50 million/year contract must be protected at all costs so he can continue to fly around acting the pompous ass and promoting failure of Obama and incidentally, America.
ossiningaling almost 13 years ago
Unless I am mistaken, there is no tax break for owning a Ford Taurus. But thank you for buying American.
feralmonkey4 almost 13 years ago
so the consensus in these comments is lets go after everyone that pays millions to employ people and take money that they would use to employ people to fund more infective government programs that the politicians can waste billions more on hmmmm smart.
RunninOnEmpty almost 13 years ago
The super-rich are employing less Americans all the time, and getting the most from the Federal government. The people are hurting, but any mention of helping them is cursed. Sure, companies hiring Americans and increasing pay & benefits should get help, but if the plane is labeled “The Super-Rich”, it should show it dropping bombs on the rest of us.
Dtroutma almost 13 years ago
Traded in my Taurus four years ago, another Fix Or Repair Daily. Benson just wants the wealthy to gain altitude so they can continue to pour boiling oil on the “commoners” scrambling at the wall, merely trying to get the means to survive.
dannysixpack almost 13 years ago
one only has to look to see who has won the war in the class warfare battle.
and it isn’t the middle class.
keechum almost 13 years ago
Dar n RepublicanCause all the trouble then blame it on the Democrats
disgustedtaxpayer almost 13 years ago
Canbag said, about 7 hours agoRush Limbaugh and his ilk’s right to subsidized jet flight on his $50 million/year contract must be protected at all costs so he can continue to fly around acting the pompous ass and promoting failure of Obama and incidentally, America.(quote canbag…..truly a Hot Air Balloon filled with deadly HATE gas…..and stinky LIES)
Limbaugh is trying to save America from the destroyers like Obama. Limbaugh is a self-made success and merits his pay.He uses sarcasm and irony and pomposity only on the radio, as rhetoric in exposing the Loony Left in the USA, which sold out our original Christian legacy set by our Founders….of the 55 delegates to the constitutional convention it might interest someone to know that 52 (94.5) were church members and the first congressional job they created was Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, and one of the first printing jobs for the new U.S. printing office was to print Bibles to give to the Indians in the West. Our secular government system was God-friendly but today it is Anti-God…..Restore our Heritage of Friendly to the Bible government!
Gypsy8 almost 13 years ago
@toto39 is wondering: “What color is the sky on your planet” Answer: Mainly blue on a sunny day. How about yours?
Justice22 almost 13 years ago
I bet it isn’t a Toyota like yours….. Oooops, I mean a Lexus.
ARodney almost 13 years ago
“Shared sacrifice” is a Republican term. It means take everything from the poor, give everything to the rich. So far, they’ve put the entire faith and credit of the U.S. at risk for nothing else.
Gypsy8 almost 13 years ago
@disgusted:Since the Indians couldn’t read, sounds like government waste. You probably didn’t know the christian delegates sold the government the printing presses at inflated prices, and that the bibles they gave the Indians were laced with the small pox virus.
toto39 almost 13 years ago
George Soros, Michelle Obama, the UAW leadership will receive waivers to match their ObamaCare waivers.
feverjr Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Does anybody think that Eric Cantors already betting on the US to fail raising the debt ceiling is a conflict of interest?
."House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) latest financial disclosure statement indicates that he owns up to $15,000 of ProShares Trust Ultrashort 20+ Year Treasury EFT, a fund that will likely skyrocket as U.S. debt becomes less desirable.
“If the debt ceiling isn’t raised, investors would start fleeing U.S. Treasuries,” Motley Fool’s Matt Koppenheffer told Salon. “Yields would rise, prices would fall, and the Proshares ETF should do very well. It would spike.”"
Gypsy8 almost 13 years ago
Dr. CDisclosure: A little tongue in cheek – I made up that post. I asked myself, what would Rush Limbaugh do?
Wraithkin almost 13 years ago
Keep believing that. Let’s break down the “do not create jobs” part. They do, in fact, create jobs. 1) Homes cost money. They buy homes. That home is built by someone. Hence, a job is created when the multi-million dollar home is built. 2) They have accountants manage their money. That accountant doesn’t work for free. If the account is large enough, there are likely multiple accountants assigned to the file. Not couting the lower-tier workers that support the CPA’s that do the signing-off on the work.3) They have banks that they use to keep their money safe. Likely multiple banks. Some domestic, some overseas. Those domestic banks require people to manage that money. That money feeds into the pool that employs the entire bank (from the manager down to the teller).4) They almost always invest in the market, between money markets and mutual funds to direct stocks. Each of these require fund managers. Those managers have support staff. 5) Super Rich are not cyborgs; they require food. They require toiletries. They require booze. They consume the same kinds of things that we do. The difference is the scale, quality, and volume at which they purchase those consumables. Each of those consumables requires a person or people domestically to put on the shelves, grow, make, manufacture, or whatever else. 6) The rich buy cars. Frequently lots of cars. Some domestic, some import. But they still spend money here for their cars. They buy fuel here. They get their oil changed here. They have maintenance done here. All of these things produce jobs here.
So… even if you are delusional and say that their investments into IPO’s and other business ventures don’t create jobs (by creating new companies), you can’t deny the fact that they still consume products and services like you and me. The difference is they have higher standards for what they get. They directly employ people. For you to think otherwise is sheer lunacy.
Wraithkin almost 13 years ago
You’re right. The wealthy cannot possibly consume the same percentage of their wealth as do a middle class or poor person. But, at the same time, even 5% of their wealth would exceed the entire spending of a poor/middle class person, or multiple persons. 5% of 1 mil is still $50,000. And 25% of 30k is 7.5k. So 1 “rich person’s” 5% = 6-1/2 poor people’s worth of spending. So if we carry that out at 3% of the population (assuming 300 million for easy math) we’re talking 900,000 people spending 50k. That’s 450 billion. divided by 7.5k = 60 million people or 20% of the population. So… the math confirms that while their numbers are fewer, their spending (while a smaller percent of their gross earnings) still represents a very large segment of purchasing power and economic volume. Yes, the poor spend more money on the essentials per capita than the rich person does, but that doesn’t mean the rich person doesn’t contribute. They do, and in a very big way.