Originally Posted by
3WC
You don't want to "subsidize ...tax cuts" for people like Hurd [[who apparently did a good job for H-P, making the shareholders a lot of money in the process, and was only paid what he was contractually entitled.) Unless you are a H-P shareholder, what do you care? BTW, he paid 35+% fed axes and 10% CA state taxes on that bonus. You don't subsidize anybody unless you are in the top 5% of all taxpayers who pay well over 40% of all federal taxes paid in this country. We in the higher tax brackets "subsidize" the huge percentage of Americans who pay no or little taxes. You're welcome if you're in that group. [[I've been working for money since I was 9 years old, and that's a lot of years. I've worked jobs such as household goods mover, truck driver, construction, and other manual labor jobs to educate myself. I have taken extraordinary risks and have made more good decisions than bad ones [lots of both.] I still run 4 small companies with a few million annually in revenues, and in most years- not all by a long shot - high profits. I pay an extraordinary amount of money in taxes. My estate will pay yet more taxes on money I've already paid taxes on. If the Bush tax cuts are left in place I'll still pay an extraordinary amount of money in taxes. That Socialist in Washington will probably tax me higher, though. F... 'em. I'll sell out and quit and avoid every dime in taxes in the process that I can.) However, I believe that we are all our brother's keeper and I have no qualms about doing my part to help those who through no fault of their own cannot take care of themselves. However, I am sick of supporting the deadbeats and illegal aliens who feed at the publlc trough. You want to impose more taxes on the rich, the job creators? Be careful what you wish for.