johnny196775 said:
sk66rc said:
johnny196775 said:
We also need a maximum allowable asset level; no one needs more than a million dollars in assets. Everything else should be taken away and given to the poor. :~D
I actually don't agree with it... Of course there will be dishonest people out there... That's regardless of the financial and/or social standing... But for those who make honest living & doing really well... I don't believe there's a good reason why we should take away from honest, hard working people just because they're better off than others... By no means, I'm no millionaire... I do ok... I make contributions financially according to my beliefs... I'd hate to see the day that somebody would come up to me & say, "You owe me everything you have above XXX amount because you don't deserve it..." Who's to decide what I deserve & what I don't? I worked hard for what I have & who are they to decide what I do with what I've gotten/what I worked so hard for? I do agree that I have moral obligation to help those who are in needs... But to say it's a mandatory, I think that's wrong...
the rich will keep getting richer and they do not deserve to stockpile billions of dollars while others suffer. I am not saying to take away anything from someone making less than a million dollars. So you are safe. Over a million is greedy and noone needs that. And have a nice day.
When I read your comment, word "socialism" popped into my head... Though I don't agree with your phrase "they don't deserve stockpile billions...", I do understand where you're coming from... I just think the notion of "them not deserving" is really a fair comment either... Some people work hard & sacrifice a lot in their life to build an empire & they do good things with it like creating jobs & giving away scholarships & other things... How is it that they don't deserve it? I think it's only fair that they do deserve all they have for hard work they put into it & when they become "rich", they have enough moral sensibility to give back to community & more... Who else is more deserving that those who do good with the fruits of their own labor? I know you can always focus on negative people... But I like I mentioned before, you can find negative people like that regardless of their social & financial standing & to take from those who truly derserve it because of those few that does bad sounds a bit off to me... Weather it's millions or hundreds of thousands, sentiments are the same... People having more than what they "need" shouldn't keep it above certain amount, isn't that the point? Yeah, one persone living in 17 bedroom mension with 9 exotic cars is ridiculous... Family of 4 making $750,000 dollars a year, assuming they save enough at the end of each year for long enough to have more than $3 million dollars in their bank account, having 3 cars & 6 bedroom house in a nice neighborhood is hardly a reason to take away their earnings solely on the reasons of them making/having more than a million dollars assets...
Oh, & I also think it promotes laziness... I mean, what's the point of trying harder when you know everything is gonna taken from you when you hit a certain bench-mark? "Yeah, once I hit a million, everything above that is gonna be taken away from me... Why do I wanna make my company/business grow when all I'm doing is breaking my ass for someone to take it & give it away to someone else?"... Or "What's the point of working hard when I know they'll take it from the richs & just hand it to me?" type of attitude will become more common...