Tax deductions are subsidies?: The middle class/rich receive "welfare"?

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1still_waters

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I found this video in my stream with the heading titled..
If You Think Only Poor People Are On Welfare, Wait Till You See What These Guys Do With It


It caught my attention. I thought hmm...the non-poor are on welfare too?

I got about 5:20 seconds in, and then I saw the fuzzy math, and silly spin they put on things.

Around 5:20, the video narrator states that tax deductions are subsidies, and basically on the same level as welfare handouts.

RED FLAG...RED FLAG......

Wait, it's a subsidy to let you keep the money you earn?

That pivot at 5:20 sets the tone for the rest of the video.
It speaks of the government "spending money" on the rich.
But is the government really "spending money" on the rich, or is it simply letting the rich keep their money?

It's hard to tell what the narrator means, but from the "logic" around 5:20, I'm thinking they mean a tax cut is a subsidy.

Have a watch and tell me what you think.
Is the government really handing out money to the rich, or is this just a matter of letting the rich keep the money they earn?

Fuzzy math or real math?
Pay attention to the 5:20 thought pivot.

[video=youtube;-rtySUhuokM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rtySUhuokM#t=431[/video]

The #GlobalPOV Project: "Who is Dependent on Welfare" With Ananya Roy - YouTube


 
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AgeofKnowledge

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The left says the right is the beneficiary of government money and the right says the left is the beneficiary of government money.

The poor blame the rich and the rich blame the poor.

The truth is all of these groups are the beneficiaries of government money (e.g. left, right, rich, and poor).

Even groups as diverse as illegal immigrants and criminal organizations like the Russian mafia take billions every year in government money through fraud. Did you know that the Italian mafia (Michael Franzese confessed to being one of the Italian mobsters that showed the Russians the government fraud ropes before he became a Christian) taught the Russian mafia how to engage in fraud in the U.S. and the Russian mafia is currently responsible for much of the $60-$90 BILLION a year in Medicare fraud?

Russian Mafia Behind Medicare Fraud - Friends of Ours

Medicare And Medicaid Fraud Is Costing Taxpayers Billions - Forbes
 
SonInMe

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The left in this country get rich from the government.

Its called hypocrisy.

Our leftist president just threw another half million plus dollar dinner party...and his wife wore a 12,000 dollar dress.

Way to go. Nice way to introduce us to ''income equality''.
 
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AgeofKnowledge

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Red Kool-Aid is just as bad for you as blue Kool-Aid is friend:

Red Flavor-Aid - The Problem with Republican Economics ~ Help Fix America First

U.S. Pass-Through Businesses Make Record Profits But Pay No Federal Income Taxes ~ Help Fix America First

SonInMe said:
The left in this country get rich from the government.

Its called hypocrisy.

Our leftist president just threw another half million plus dollar dinner party...and his wife wore a 12,000 dollar dress.

Way to go. Nice way to introduce us to ''income equality''.
Click to expand...
 
SonInMe

SonInMe

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Taxes are not a given.

The rich paying more is not a given as well. I have absolutely no problem with rich people paying NOTHING for taxes.

Marxism is so common today that people naturlaly accept its false claims, but I would think christians, who understand the ten commandments would not believe in any political ideology that only thrives on..

covetness.

Guess I was wrong. Make scapegoats of the rich to make you feel better your a bum. Blame someone else. Feed your hatreds and jealousies. Fall for the ''right to stuff'' because other people have it, why shouldn't I?

Yep, tax the rich ( in Clintons proposed tax hikes the ''rich'' was anyone making over 30,000 dollars a year...lol, its so absurd ) and the world will be a better place.....

when no one has a job and we all are dependant on the government.

Too bad it has never worked in the world's history, but hey, why ruin the utopian world of liberalism, I mean socialism, oops, marxism, nah lets get it right....communism.

Like Obamacare and global warming....just change the name and people will still believe all of your lies and pandering to emotions.

Its not income equality. Its covetness.

It was never the governments money in the first place....I know right? Its like, duh...LOL

Just remember all you liberals out there, for every dollar collected for welfare....30 cents goes to people....

70 PERCENT GOES TO THE GOVERNMENT!!!!!

That's right. Your caring loving giving liberal legislators are not helping the poor with the rich's tax dollars...

THEY ARE MAKING THEMSELVES RICH!!!!!!

....and...lol....and.....you think you are helping people!!??!!!

Yer just making more liberal elites.

Did ya know that Nancy Pelosi and John Kerry both, are more rich than Mitt Romney?

lol................................................................sad
 
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AgeofKnowledge

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Well I tried. You just can't get the other half of the problem to see they are only half right. It is what it is I suppose and why we'll continue along as we are.
 
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