Thought the rich was gonna pay more taxes

[tigger398]

Ok I thought that I heard during the president election, that the rich was going to pay more on taxes. Did the gov. lied. Cause it seems that gas, and food, and cigg. went up, Does it have to do with the bail out, are we paying for it. I dont think this tax raising gonna help us, and I thought the rich was supposed to pay for it. seems like were paying for it. So help me understand better.

[Guest]

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"I'm With The Government, I'm Here To Help You..." Or "The Check's In The Mail..."

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A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

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Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Proverbs 30:8

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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Psalms 107:8-9

[Believer1997]

Ok I thought that I heard during the president election, that the rich was going to pay more on taxes. Did the gov. lied. Cause it seems that gas, and food, and cigg. went up, Does it have to do with the bail out, are we paying for it. I dont think this tax raising gonna help us, and I thought the rich was supposed to pay for it. seems like were paying for it. So help me understand better.

Actually, Tigger - I just saw on a news item comparing gas prices today vs. last Memorial Day - Gas is almost $1.13 a gallon CHEAPER now than same time last year. Food prices (according to my husband who loves to shop and compare) are pretty much the same except Dairy... and since we just paid our income taxes based on the 2008 bill - how can you say the rich are not paying more taxes. To raise revenue in their individual states - a lot of states raised taxes on cigarettes... Which I have absolutely no problem with.... hope they get more expensive.

[MorningGlory]

Ok I thought that I heard during the president election, that the rich was going to pay more on taxes. Did the gov. lied. Cause it seems that gas, and food, and cigg. went up, Does it have to do with the bail out, are we paying for it. I dont think this tax raising gonna help us, and I thought the rich was supposed to pay for it. seems like were paying for it. So help me understand better.

Actually, Tigger - I just saw on a news item comparing gas prices today vs. last Memorial Day - Gas is almost $1.13 a gallon CHEAPER now than same time last year. Food prices (according to my husband who loves to shop and compare) are pretty much the same except Dairy... and since we just paid our income taxes based on the 2008 bill - how can you say the rich are not paying more taxes. To raise revenue in their individual states - a lot of states raised taxes on cigarettes... Which I have absolutely no problem with.... hope they get more expensive.

Yep, it's state taxes that have gone up, for the most part. I just got my escrow statement and the property taxes have increased 15%! Of course, we don't pay city or state income taxes here so it could be worse.

[Guest man]

To raise revenue in their individual states - a lot of states raised taxes on cigarettes... Which I have absolutely no problem with.... hope they get more expensive.

Why would you wish a greater financial burden be placed upon your neighbor?

[Believer1997]

To raise revenue in their individual states - a lot of states raised taxes on cigarettes... Which I have absolutely no problem with.... hope they get more expensive.

Why would you wish a greater financial burden be placed upon your neighbor?

As we speak... my beloved neighbor is being cared for by Hospice and is gasping his last breaths through an oxygen mask. This once vital and engaging man is a shell of himself. His skin hanging on his large frame. His eyes tell the story though - they are full of pain and exhaustion. I was with him several years ago when his wife died of lung cancer from her many years of smoking. He never smoked and he also has lung cancer. He didn't have to - he breathed in copious amounts of poison each day because he lived with her and adored her. Then, when he went to work - he worked in an office for many years where so many people smoked. I live in THE Tobacco state... it contributes to much revenue here. I cannot begin to count the funerals I've attended for people who died from smoking and smoke related illnesses. I went to see my neighbor this morning... I don't think it'll be much longer. So, when you ask me why I would wish a greater financial burden on my neighbor - I love my neighbor and he has told me many times he wishes he had never seen a cigarette. This is a 'financial burden' that people bring upon themselves - the real cost of the cigarette is the years of health care for those affected and the pain and sadness I see from those they leave behind. So, sorry - I don't really care how expensive they get.

[MorningGlory]

To raise revenue in their individual states - a lot of states raised taxes on cigarettes... Which I have absolutely no problem with.... hope they get more expensive.

Why would you wish a greater financial burden be placed upon your neighbor?

Cigarettes aren't something required to live...if one doesn't want to pay the tax they just stop buying them. I wish they would vanish from the earth because I too have seen people die from smoking.

[Guest man]

So, sorry - I don't really care how expensive they get.

Is raising the price of smokes going to take away all the pain?

Do you think people are going to stop smoking?

Cigarettes aren't the only cause of lung cancer.

Here's something to think about............when you wish a burden on someone else, somewhere down the road, that burden will find it's way back to you.

[Believer1997]

So, sorry - I don't really care how expensive they get.

Is raising the price of smokes going to take away all the pain?

Do you think people are going to stop smoking?

Cigarettes aren't the only cause of lung cancer.

Here's something to think about............when you wish a burden on someone else, somewhere down the road, that burden will find it's way back to you.

The more $$ the tobacco companies make - the more they contribute to the health care of those who are ruining their health and that of others.

Yes, I think people will eventually stop smoking.

You are correct - I never said smoking was the only cause of lung cancer - but it is by far the most preventable.

I am sure I will have many more burdens in my life - you are not my conscience - God is and He will deal with me and my burdens.

[Guest man]

Yes, I think people will eventually stop smoking.

No..............................they won't.