tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post9202994448355253672..comments2023-10-31T06:44:26.393-07:00Comments on Billings Blog: Trick or treatDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-75051270329203844642008-11-04T05:21:00.000-08:002008-11-04T05:21:00.000-08:00Ignore people making valid points?Ignore people making valid points?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-37771423254053436172008-11-03T20:19:00.000-08:002008-11-03T20:19:00.000-08:00Matt, I don't know about income redistribution as ...Matt, I don't know about income redistribution as it is regularly thought about, but when you spread the income by creating more good paying jobs (and I hate that phrase but it works), then you are spreading the income in a good way. As I understand it, that would be what Obama would do. And just ignore Eric. Everyone else does most of the time.Chuck Rightmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985358507956039363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-55807026770115869722008-11-03T18:36:00.000-08:002008-11-03T18:36:00.000-08:00Eric, I have a problem with helping ailing compani...Eric, I have a problem with helping ailing companies. I don't have a problem with helping ailing human beings.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-84948578625234342042008-11-03T07:37:00.000-08:002008-11-03T07:37:00.000-08:00Yeah -- and the idea that the markets have been va...Yeah -- and the idea that the markets have been valuing labor and capital accurately in recent years seems pretty messed up to me. Hedge fund managers right now pay taxes at capital gains rates instead of income rates, so they pay a smaller share of their income than secretaries. Even if you think capital returns should be taxed at a lower rate than labor wages, that is just nuts.<BR/><BR/>Matt Singerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561848962104819990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-88976874898951125992008-11-03T04:54:00.000-08:002008-11-03T04:54:00.000-08:00David you missed the point.Let's put it in the per...David you missed the point.<BR/><BR/>Let's put it in the perspective of YOUR business.<BR/><BR/>How about high taxes on every newspapers profits, and subsidies for those papers who were doing poorly?<BR/><BR/>You could be taxed at, say, 36%, and the tax dollars would go to an ailing entity like Lee Enterprises.<BR/><BR/>Still feeling generous?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com