Re:Price tag for the American dream: $130K a year
by freedom123 on Friday July 11, 2014 @07:15PM
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The American Dream isn't about a price of annual income. The American Dream is about the possibility of having an annual income. Originally American was free which brought on the Enlightenment Period, the Industrial Revolution and allow with it, the concept of making money. The dream is you can make money. This is an important concept to understand back then because making your own money was impossible with the enslavement by kings and variants of Statism. Today American isn't free there is no American dream. Today we are more taxed and more regulated than ever. The concept of making money only exists by having 50% of it redistributed - enjoy.
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Re:Price tag for the American dream: $130K a year
by Teckla on Saturday July 12, 2014 @05:34PM
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Today we are more taxed and more regulated than ever.
Say what? Tax rates in the U.S. have been trending down for decades, especially for the wealthy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States
See the section titled "History of income tax rates adjusted for inflation".
Re:Price tag for the American dream: $130K a year
by freedom123 on Monday July 14, 2014 @12:22PM
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You are talking about 1 element, out of a million, pointing to it and saying this is a falsehood. For example, you are basically looking at 1 tree saying its not growing, while ignoring the forest around you - enjoy.