http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2011/09/13/2011-09-13_tyler_perry_is_the_highest_paid_man_in_entertainment.html This dude!!??:smt019 Damn. I feel like a piece of shit.:smt089 I bet his BF can't wait for Tyler to pop the question!!:smt008
Yes, the sad part Kuno is that they're lower than if he were the citizen of almost any other western nation. He'd keep far less of that $130 mil in Australia, England, France, Germany, Sweden or any of a number of other nations where there is a more equitable distribution of wealth. Also, I wouldn't hate on a brother who figured out how to squeeze $13 million out of this fucked up economy, let alone ten times that much in a single year!
I'm thinking about it.. .. ...... You can knock off 50% of that and still drown in all that money. Heck, take 60% of that and you're still making ridiculous paper. I'm working on mine, though. Eventually, I'll be able to see a few M's.
I guess that embarrassing black people en masse and playing on the jaded worldview of ignorant black women pays off.
Nobody hates the rich, but the deck shouldn't be stacked in your favor because you ARE rich. That Warren Buffett's effective percentage tax rate is LOWER than the income tax rate paid by his SECRETARY is criminal.
It's really a naive and disingenuous argument to assume the balance of the U.S. economy is tipped by offering public assistance to the poor. When 'job creators' aren't paying their fair share in taxes, it has a direct impact on the national debt. 5-6% of the federal budget is spent on 'welfare'. Less than $200 bil a year. http://www.ourdime.us/102/budgetinfo/how-much-do-we-spend-on-welfare/ BTW, that number is probably on the way UP in 2012 on into the forseeable future.
Don't waste your time brotha. He demonizes the poor and canonizes the rich. He's completely irrational on this topic.
You spend way more time demonizing the poor than actually paying attention to the reason why things are messed up. You have this attitude all people have to do is stop being lazy and just go out there and work. You ignore that unfair tax burdens are being shoved onto the already struggling poor and almost non existant middle class. You actually argued that making people who make over 200k a year pay 3% more per year was unjust because those people aren't rich. No where on planet earth is making over 200k per year not rich.
In practical terms, only 3% of Americans make 200K and up. When you earn more than 97% of ALL Americans, sorry but statistically speaking, you are RICH. If I earn a dollar a day and you earn a penny a week, I'm Daddy Warbucks.
This "fucked up economy" seemed so broad, so impersonal. My comment was merely narrowing it down to a mostly specific consumer. I guess my attempts here to make light of the topic are failing miserably, lol! ps: But I do luv ya, girlfriend. And that aint no joke! :smt052