Make a deal with them. Have the 99% be as productive as the 1%. Comrade, how much would be gained by the 1% paying the same tax rate? It would be easier to do if we abolished graduated income tax and deductions for personal income. I heard that 2% Federal personal income tax flat tax with no deductions or exemptions and zero corporate taxes would increase the government treasury. Everyone pays. Even the 50% who pay nothing now. DR On May 18, 2014 2:02 PM, "Redacted sender sblumen123@xxxxxxx for DMARC" < dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > JS > The problem is that the big shot 1%ers are not paying their share. Got it? > > Comrade B > > > -----Original Message----- > From: schalestock <schalestock@xxxxxxxx> > To: sparkscoffee <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 1:56 pm > Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: Pope Francis Calls For 'Legitimate > Redistributi on' Of Wealth To The Poor > > It's called taxes Stanley. The average American pays OVER 50% in local > state and federal. And I agree with you. It is BS. > > JS > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender " > sblumen123@xxxxxxx" for DMARC) > To: sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: Pope Francis Calls For 'Legitimate > Redistributi on' Of Wealth To The Poor > Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 13:29:15 -0400 (EDT) > > JS > Where did you get this BS about our govt. redistributing the wealth? > > Comrade B > > > -----Original Message----- > From: schalestock <schalestock@xxxxxxxx> > To: sparkscoffee <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 12:37 pm > Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: Pope Francis Calls For 'Legitimate > Redistributi on' Of Wealth To The Poor > > The Pope should be please with the U.S. then. Our "government" is > extorting and " redistributing" 50% of what everyone makes. But then maybe > thats not enough. > > JS > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender " > sblumen123@xxxxxxx" for DMARC) > To: sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: Pope Francis Calls For 'Legitimate > Redistribution' Of Wealth To The Poor > Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 12:31:13 -0400 (EDT) > > > R George > Pope Francis is not a Marxist but he wants what the Marxist are fighting > for. > > Comrade B > > > -----Original Message----- > From: R George <xgeorge@xxxxxxx> > To: sparkscoffee <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Fri, May 9, 2014 2:01 pm > Subject: [sparkscoffee] Pope Francis Calls For 'Legitimate Redistribution' > Of Wealth To The Poor > > VATICAN CITY (AP) 5/9/2014 - Pope Francis called Friday for governments > to redistribute wealth to the poor in a > new spirit of generosity to help curb the "economy of exclusion" that is > taking hold today. > > Francis made the appeal during a speech to U.N. Secretary-General Ban > Ki-moon and the heads of major U.N. > agencies who are meeting in Rome this week. > > Latin America's first pope has frequently lashed out at the injustices > of capitalism and the global economic system > that excludes so much of humanity. > > On Friday, Francis called for the United Nations to promote a "worldwide > ethical mobilization" of solidarity with > the poor in a new spirit of generosity. > > He said a more equal form of economic progress can be had through "the > legitimate redistribution of economic benefits > by the state, as well as indispensable cooperation between the private > sector and civil society." > > Francis had a similar message to the World Economic Forum in January and > in h is apostolic exhortation "The Joy of the Gospel." > That document, which denounced trickle-down economic theories as > unproven and naive, provoked criticism in the U.S. that he was Marxist. > > Francis has denied he's Marxist, and spent years in Argentina battling > Marxist excesses of liberation theology. But he has said > from the outset that he wants a church that "is poor and for the poor" > and ministers to the most marginal of society. > > On Friday, he urged the U.N. to promote development goals that attack > the root causes of poverty and hunger, protect the environment > and ensure "dignified" labor for all. > > "Specifically, this involves challenging all forms of injustices and > resisting the economy of exclusion, the throwaway culture and the > culture of death which nowadays sadly risk becoming passively accepted," > he said. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try > it.<http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2> > > > ____________________________________________________________ > *The #1 Worst Carb Ever?* > Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) > <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/5378f433871b1743327f9st04vuc> > FixYourBloodSugar.com<http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/5378f433871b1743327f9st04vuc> >