Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Bernie's Snoozefest Tax Returns Released, Nobody Cares" video.

  1. He is a hypocrite because according to Bernie it is OK for him to make millions selling a book (in places like Amazon and Walmart) but when Bezos starts a company and gets rich that is bad and we must take that money. Bernie also said that other people can write a book and make millions as if it is that easy. So based on that logic than anyone can start a business and become a rich as Bezos. Bernie does not hold himself to the same standards as he has no principles.
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  2.  proud American  , exactly. And no so much in taxes, but just in donations. He supports a 52% tax rate, he paid 26%. So why not donate 26% to charities he feels benefits others? Truth is that Bernie has no desire to help the little guy.
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  3. No one cares.
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  4.  beanie0112  , Amazon is a corporation, not a person. There are arguments to be made that we should not have any federal corporate income taxes. Also, I don't see the difference between Bernie and Bezos. Bernie claimed that others can write a book and make millions. So why can't others create a company like Bezos did and make millions like he did?
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  5.  Drake ICN  , but taxes are not high on him, so why doesn't he donate his money to charities for the time being?
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  6.  @Korean_Autist_AbsoluteMF  , not really. I already countered that video.
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  7.  @user-ue5yw6zb9k  , so I need to break the law to fight for the little guy?
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  8.  @Derek_The_Magnificent_Bastard  , he is rich and a good business man. He is also a good president.
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  9.  Targon of Assad  , he is a great businessman.
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  10.  @tron8188  , love the insults. Shows you have no argument.
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  11.  meg50  1. Twitter been around for how long? Not many presidents had Twitter to begin with 2. What? 3. When? 4. That is why people voted for Trump. He is saying what others feel about these established politicians, especially the radical ones. 5. What makes you think it is out of spite? Under Obama things were not good.
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  12. He did benefit from capitalism. He is a hypocrite.
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  13.  @user-ue5yw6zb9k  it isn't.
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  14.  @sevelinotaliauli7234  , I was referring to charities. He can donate to charities.
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  15.  @KTF0  , so he is against the rich buying our Congress? And his idea against that is to expand the power Congress has so it has more to sell?
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  16.  Alex Barkman  , if he wants higher taxes on the rich he can start by donating his money to charities. He doesn't. He is literally saying that everyone else needs to work and produce and he doesn't.
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  17.  Alex Barkman  , charities do a lot.
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  18.  Alex Barkman  , if you support Bernie you support government forcing people to confirm. Take, for example, his M4A bill. It bans private insurance. That means you have to use his system whether you like it or not.
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  19.  @neotheboxer6015  , Bezos pays taxes as well.
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  20.  @90madagaskar  , what Monopoly did Bezos make? Also, Bernie wants a monopoly called the government.
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  21.  @DanDelos  1. I know 2. I know 3. Than why doesn't he donate his money for the time being? 1. He is 2. He is 3. I know
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  22.  @silver2928  , than why not donate his money for the time being? That is why he is a hypocrite. He also could have posted his books online for free.
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  23.  @Korean_Autist_AbsoluteMF  , what?
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  24.  @KenjaTimu  , they have nothing on Trump, that is the point. The Russia issue fell through. The issue with Kavanaugh fell through. They have nothing at this point. The far left is falling apart.
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  25.  meg50  1. Again, Twitter is new. Also, other leaders and politicians have gone on Twitter rants. Look at AOC. 2. So? 3. Again, that is why he was elected. Outside of the establishment and far left bubble that is how people feel about those politicians. Trump is actually taking on members of DC. 4. The reality is that the far left has no desire to have an actual conversation to begin with, so he just counters with that. Until the left starts having a discussion this action will continue. 5. How?
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  26.  @whyamimrpink8723  , the IRS audits him every year.
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  27. So why the big uproar over Trump releasing his tax returns? Also, this shows how much of a hypocrite Bernie is. He wants rich people to pay their "fair share". But he refuses to donate more of his money. He paid 26% in taxes but only donated 3% to charities, why not 26%?
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  28.  @Zunkar1  , but it will be him leading by action.
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  29. He has double standards, that is the main issue here.
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  30.  Jason Reyes  , he should lead by example. Why not donate more money? Why not post his book online for free? It is easy to tell other people to change.
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  31.  Jason Reyes  , it is like a fat guy wanting to cure obesity but refusing to lose weight themselves. Lead by example.
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  32.  @XHALE303  , if he wants to improve the system he should start with himself. He should donate more of his own money. I can use myself as an example. I feel colleges need to be ran better to help out students as many colleges have become safe havens for elitists. I have commented on it but I also put forth a lot of effort helping out my students and my colleagues. In fact, I am helping one student get an A in her chemistry class and another was at a D until I helped them and now they are at a low B. Actions speak louder than words. While Bernie and his fans are complaining and yelling others are actually working to change.
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  33.  @ericpmoss  , I never said donate all. He wants a 52% tax rate on the rich. He paid 26%, so why not pay 26% to charities? That is all I am asking. The reality is that Bernie wants to be "liberal" with other people's money. Bernie and his fans wants others to work where they benefit. Again, actions speak louder than words.
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  34.  Jason Reyes  , if you want to change they system you first must lead by example. Him refusing to donate more of his money is him literally saying "others have to change, I don't have to".
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  35.  @Hydratank  , if he is not willing to give up some of his money than why should he pass law to force others to give up their money? He needs to lead by example.
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  36.  @JohnMoran  , but he is not willing to give up his own money. He can easily donate to charities for the time being. He can donate to some medical school to improve healthcare. He doesn't.
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  37.  @BootBizarre  , I watched the video, yes, I over simplified the issue, but the point stands.
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  38.  @noel7777noel  , uh, no it doesn't. You do know Nordic nations have more of a flat tax than we do?
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  39.  @drexiusofthefallen  , he can help others by donating his own money for the time being. That is the point. Just like my point on helping my students. I can bitch and complain about the current system in colleges where students are not being helped. But if I refuse to help students myself than I am part of the problem, not the solution. But I do help. I meet up with students outside of my office hours and offer free tutoring. I give a lot of feed back. The same is with Bernie. He can donate a lot of his money. Why does he need three homes? His actions are literally saying "everyone else has to work and produce, I don't have to". That is why people don't like Bernie.
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  40.  @noel7777noel  , Amazon was going to receive a tax credit. That means if they were going to pay $10 million in taxes they would have paid $7 million instead. NY did not have a dime to give Amazon at the time.
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  41.  @noel7777noel  , Amazon is a corporation, not a person. Why are you comparing a corporation to a person?
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  42.  @BootBizarre  , ok, what about over a million? It has to be higher than 29%.
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  43.  @noel7777noel  , no one paid those high rates. In 1967 there were 155 Americans who earned $200,000+ that year that paid $0 in federal income taxes. The top 10% earn 40% of the income and pay 70% of federal income taxes. that is more than fair.
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  44.  @BootBizarre  , so why not donate that rate?
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  45.  @BootBizarre  , I know how marginal tax rates work bud.
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  46.  @noel7777noel  , Amazon left New York because far left politicians like AOC shamed them.
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  47.  @koukkoufos2000  ,he is not the poorest member of the Senate. Also, Scandinavia has more of a flat tax than we do. For example, Denmark's highest tax bracket is $55,000 a year.
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  48.  @BootBizarre  , because he wants rich people to give up that portion of their money. He should lead by example.
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  49.  @koukkoufos2000  https://money.cnn.com/interactive/pf/taxes/top-income-tax-rate/?iid=EL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQwBA2QlJ3w You don't do well with facts.
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  50.  @koukkoufos2000  , those nations afford all those programs by taxing everyone high, not just the rich.
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  51.  @BootBizarre  , I do know how they work.
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  52.  @noel7777noel  , Bernie is a part of the swamp.
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  53.  @noel7777noel  , how did Amazon abuse its power?
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  54.  @BootBizarre  , explain what?
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  55.  @koukkoufos2000  , not everyone wants to pay those high of taxes. But my point is that those Nordic nations you point to have a flat tax compared to the US. So do you support a flat tax?
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  56.  @BootBizarre  , It says 43%, so 43% is what he should pay. Now I read it quick but I don't see "marginal" there.
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  57.  @benfatai756  1. He donated 3%, that is low. 2. Why does he need that home in Maine? He can sell it and donate the money. The DC home he doesn't need as he can sleep in his DC office like a lot of politicians do. So all he needs is one home. 3. Bernie works? Could have fool me 4. Polls are unreliable as they are vague questions on complex issues being asked to people who are not experts on them. When more information is given opinions change as said by this expert https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/howcan-a-poll-of-only-100/ You keep pointing to polls but keep losing. Maybe you should rethink your ideas and strategies.
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  58.  @koukkoufos2000  , a flat tax is a fair tax. It taxes everyone equally, period. It doesn't raise taxes on anyone. As for asking people if they will pay higher taxes, that is not. That is one reason why our financial situation is, at times, a mess. People want government to pay for all these things but don't want higher taxes.
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  59.  @noel7777noel  , the top 10% pay 70% of taxes but earn 40% of the income. That is the tax burden. How is that misleading? Amazon is not a person, they are a corporation. Why are you jumping from individuals to a corporation? You say I use misleading information but you just went from individual income taxes to corporate taxes. Those are different things. How does a progressive tax create a safegaurd for democracy? That makes no since. A progressive tax actually leads to a complex tax code to where rich people have more write offs. At the federal level the tax code should be 1. A tax on the states based on population like it was before the 16th amendment or 2. A federal flat income tax with a consumption tax That places limitations on the federal government. If the federal government has limited powers than it can't be bought. You do know at the federal level we are not a democracy? During the Trump tax cut discussion there were debates in how write offs for teachers buying supplies was going to be removed. Of course the left painted the picture that it was the republicans pushing to raise taxes on teachers when in reality they were pushing for a simplified tax code with no write offs. You see, the democrats at the federal level push for little things like write offs for teachers when they buy school supplies but if you allow the federal government to have that ability to create tax codes like that than you have to accept a tax code that has it where Buffet pays less than his secretary, or corporations like Amazon pay $0 in taxes. So take your pick. Do you want a simple federal tax code with no loop holes and exceptions? Or do you want a federal tax code that gives deductions to the "little guy" like teachers and college students when they buy supplies, but also allows for deductions for rich people as well? One of the other, take your pick.
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  60.  @JohnMoran  , why should Bernie care with what Bezos does with his money? He seems to be very concerned about that.
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  61.  @noel7777noel  , also, where do you get your numbers of the bottom 20% versus the top 1% and their tax burden?
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  62.  @noel7777noel  , Also, I picked up the details on the progressive tax. I support a simplified tax to limit the powers of the federal government so it can't be bought or corrupted. It can't create a tax code that gives special favors to people. The second you open the legal doorway of allowing the federal government to create an uneven tax code it now has the legal pathways to create loopholes and deductions for certain groups. A progressive tax is that pathway. I want to close off that pathway.
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  63.  @koukkoufos2000  , yep, because the government has a long history of saving money.
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  64.  @noel7777noel  , I want everyone to pay taxes. Doesn't matter if you are rich of poor. The CEO to employee pay ratio is a shallow argument to make. To start, CEOs are paid completely differently than employees. https://hbr.org/2017/02/why-we-need-to-stop-obsessing-over-ceo-pay-ratios You also have to consider other factors such as increased productivity due to the CEO investing in technology and new techniques to make the company more productive. You also have to consider the number of employees hired. I did the math one time and in the 80s the CEO of Walmart was paid around $20 per employee, now he is paid around $10 per employee. Consider a CEO that hires 100 people and earns $1, 000,000. Now say 10 years later they hire 200 people and earn $1,500,000. Yes, they say their salary increase by 50% but they also hired 100% more workers. Also consider that cutting CEO pay will not increase worker pay by a significant amount. For example, if you were to take all the money of the top 6 executives of Walmart and spread it to the 525,000 lowest paid workers of Walmart those workers will get an extra $47 a year, that's it. So what do you gain by cutting CEO pay? Disney hires 200,000 workers. So why only 25,000 workers? Capitalism is where there is limited government involvement resulting in free trade. In the 50s and 60s the US was ahead globally as the rest of the world was rebuilding due to the war. I agree unions were stronger in that time, but what happened was government grew creating crony unionism which resulted in the death of unions. Big government created that problem. What deregulations? How have workers seen a decline in standards?
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  65.  @noel7777noel  , math isn't that easy as corporations have to care about shareholders which is why corporations are as big as they are to begin with. And looking at one employee does not represent the norm.
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  66.  @electric6877  , Bernie donating is him leading by example.
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  67.  @koukkoufos2000  , government spending does not stimulate the economy.
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  68.  @koukkoufos2000  , but does it create wealth? Creating jobs no one demands does not grow the economy.
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  69.  @noel7777noel  , you are talking about one person. So we should drastically change our economic system because one person cannot pay their bills? To me if you need help than seek help from the local community. Either local charities or some form of local welfare can exist. When I need extra money I substitute teach to earn it. I work for the community to do it. As for corporate welfare, I will have to look deeper in it. But from my experience I will say that when something like "corporate welfare" is brought up there is usually a lot more to it that is not told.
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  70.  @koukkoufos2000  , rich people spend money as well. Also, if a poor person spends their money that quickly than they are poor for a reason, they have bad money management skills.
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  71. Happiness is subjective.
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