The REAL Polarbear's Blog

All I know is I make about $65K a year, and I got a tax cut under the Bush tax cuts. Obama was against those tax cuts. And Obama has always been for higher taxes. Why would anyone think that he would change and give tax cuts? Anybody that thinks overtaxing the top 5% of wage earners, is going to be able to give the lower 95% a cut is simply living in la la land.

Consider this information from the IRS, that 86% of all federal income taxes are paid by the top 25% of income earners.

The top 50% pay 97% of all income taxes
The top 1% pays 39% of all income taxes.

I also benefited from the Bush tax cuts, and Obama will eliminate those and make me pay more. Seems like more of us middle income people will pay MORE under Obama. But the truth doesn’t matter to may voters.

Also consider this:

The top 1% has more wealth than the bottom 50%. What is wrong with that picture? The middle class is vaporizing and a select few are getting filthy rich and the rest are slipping deeper into poverty.

Next time know what you are talking about before you speak. You do not know me and you have no right to judge me. Why do you think I'm busting my ass in school right now? So I can make the money and help others, rather than needing to be helped. I don't respond kindly to people who talk down to me, you insensitive BLEEP. That's the problem with this nation today, everyone acts like we're inferior and incapable of doing anything. Your Republican government is high on the power of controlling everything. Yet we are going to be a major deciding factor this November. Like it or not, change is coming. The future is coming, and it's coming in Barack Obama.

Okay, PB, who is paying for your education? Mom? Dad? The government? Do you work while you're going to school? Do you know what it's like to pay taxes? Maybe I am an insensitive BLEEP, but when you go through life working hard and always having to give to others who won't work as hard, you become that way. I'm tired of having to give hand-outs from my paycheck to people who do nothing to fend for themselves.

I also don't respond too lightly to wet behind the ear kiddies like you who think you know it all. Hon, you don't know it all until you've actually LIVED it all.

Katie, for a young thing, you sure know life as it really is. I like your thinking, girl! I especially respect you for working to give you and your child a real life. Not living off of anyone to get the freebies and skate along. I only hope that my daughter will take the same values that I've tried to instill in her and be as honorable a person as you.

You rock, girl! Consider that a compliment because, as PB says, I'm a selfish BLEEP. Hence the screen name (LOL).

It takes resources and money to redistribute anything. Maybe Obama should just set a fixed rate as a salary for everyone, from Doctors to Ganitors. That way there is a lot of money and time spared on redistribution of the money and nobody may just sit and settle to wait for their free money.

For those of you who are voting for Obama because of his color, look at your decision hard. Color doesn't determine a good presidency. HIs conviction do. Yes, it represents a change to you, but change is not determined by the color of somebody's skin. You will be voting for an ideal change. You think tht because he is colored and comes from poverty he is the perfect candidate and you are forgeting to listen to him. Somebody who comes from poverty can come with best intentions, but is very easy prey of greed once he/she finds himself/herself in a powerful position. When reality kicks in and he turns out to be far from what you'd expect, you will end up hating people of his color. Does that make sense?

I like that last comment. I mean as other countries like Iraq raise their prices for us, of course prices should go up, which in the end would mean higher taxes. But taxes should go up for everyone, not just the rich, or not just working class people.
People aren't paying their taxes. People aren't paying loans. People aren't paying for their homes. Prices are going up because money keeps being handed out... What do we need MORE handouts for?