Re: Tax Class


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"Paul M. Cook" <pmBERMUDA_SHORTScook@xxxxxxx> wrote:
OK, let me see if I can make this clear.

The marginal value of income declines with the amount of
income.

Sorry, you lost me already.
Can yo explain this one sentence?!

You can Google "marginal value" it is an economic term.

What it means in this case is that he more money you make, the
less
money
has a relative value - say to your survival.

I know what marginal value is. I'm asking why a rich man's money
is
less valuable than a poor man's money. The part that makes no
sense,
whatsoever, to me is "[t]he more money you make, the less money
has
a
relative value." You suggest that this is survival based, but I
say
that money has a great deal of value beyond it's ability to
simplify
survival, and your statement marginalizes (Google it ;) this
value.


Well consider any needs then. They do not have to be survival
related
as
in
life or death. Could be the need to have your teeth fixed, the
need
to
send
your kids to school, the need to by medicines, the need to have
transportation to and from work etc etc. The less you make the
more
every
cent has value to these ends and being taxed places a vastly
disproportionate burden on you than a wealthier person.

Paul


It's how valuble that last dollar is to you; in other words, it's
how
you feeeeeeee-eee-eee-eee-eee-eee-e-e-e-e-l about that last dollar.

You are advocating taxation based on perception, Paul.


Yeah sure, Mike. We are talking fair taxation and how what appears
fair,
really is not. It has nothing to do with a person's perceptions about
money. It has to do with not making the poorest, and the least
represented
in government, pay taxes on money that they need just to get by.
Applying
the exact same tax rate to a MW wage earner as you would a CEO is
simply
wrong and for all the reasons I outlined. You interpret that as

feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllings,
tough guy. Not me.

Paul


Nope. You have repeatedly stated that if you're poor, your last $10
means a lot more to you than if you're not poor.


I'd take you more seriously if you didn't resort to the same and lame
pattern of misdirection every time a political discussion ensues.

Paul


I calls 'em as I sees 'em, bud.


And therein lies the problem.

Paul


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