On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:04:18 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

On Sep 14, 8:53Â*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"wf3h" wrote in message news:28a17e74-ce4b-455d-b265-

the BIG difference is that NONE of my income is from capital gains!!
how much of middle class income do you think comes from capital gains?
that's EXACTLY why the rich set up this system...so they wouldnt have
to pay taxes, knowing full well that most of THEIR income is from
capital gains, while middle class income comes from actually WORKING
for a living

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It's amazing to me to witness the different views of capital gains and
capital gains taxes.

Some see it your way. Â* Others see the reduction of the capital gains
penalty (taxes) as a means to encourage investment into the general economy
which, turns out, promotes growth, employment and new opportunities.

and others see that an honest day's work for an honest day's pay is an
honorable thing...except for the 'capital gains' class of folks who,
in their elitist mindset, sneer at honest labor and don't think the
middle class deserves even to be PAID for their work

Funny thing about this is it depends on who is up and who is down.
When I went into IT I found myself among a bunch of "elitists"
who really thought they deserved to be making 7 time more than a good
cook or 3 times more than a bricklayer. Many were lazy.
I never understood how somebody could come into work, and start
reading the newspaper. Some at least had the decency to take a trip
to the toilet and sit in a stall to read.
They generally - not in front of me, they knew better - disparaged
factory production workers whose jobs were off-shored, and unions.
Then their jobs started being off-shored.
The whining began. Unions became acceptable.
But how do ballerinas organize? They can't. Too late.
So they became Democrats.
I've said this before. Until their cable TV is gone and they have
trouble putting food on the table, nothing will change.
Good chance McCain gets elected. I've got no problem with that.
We always get what we deserve. Or fight for.

--Vic