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In response to
"No ballot measure increasing taxes on the rich and corporations would fail if it also decreased taxes on the middle class. -- nm"
by
Mop
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you know, they keep saying how they will tax only people making more than 250k for pay for healthcare, but by the time its implimented 250K just might
Posted by
zeitgeist
Jan 1 '10, 10:50
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be the average worker's wage. consider the general rate of inflation over the years. IE:
as a kid my folks made like 12k? our mortage was 120, gas was 25 cents a gallon. My first car was a toyota corolla cost 1,200, and high level professionals were supposed to make their age in income, IE: a 50 yo was supposed to make 50K like doctors and lawyers, upper management.
40 years later everything is just about 10x, and the scary thing is, in another 20-40 years while I might still be alive, everything just might be another 10x what it now, and 50K is just about a minimum you need to rent a basic house, buy a modest car and pay utilities and whatever. its the starting wage for cops and school teachers.
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