Metro Bus driver highest paid city employee $160,000

[outtahere]

They didn't teach compound interest where you went to school did they?

Understand this... the rich WILL ALWAYS GET RICHER!!!
The debate should be how to make more people rich, not to punish those that have at the expense of the poor.

Here's a hint... the libs hate the rich, so why would they want to create more of them?

I couldn't agree more on making more people rich, here's the problem though. Everytime the middle class claws it's way to the top, the super rich scream "uncompetitive wages, evil unions, socialism!!" and then the middle class is hit with job cuts, and bankruptcies. The game is severely rigged to the wealthy side, and the only chance the middle class has right now is the democratic party. Don't believe everything you hear on the Fox entertainment channel, the lie ALOT!!! Plus, Glenn Beck cries WAY to much to be trusted.

 

[Medeco]

Actually, it's you who should try expanding your understanding of capitalism.

Big biz cannot use the threat of a gun or jail to take the money you earned. The Govt can and does.

Those of you who want so badly to be a peasant society should go live elsewhere. The only thing holding anyone back from getting rich In America is their own self.

 

[likeitis]

Actually, it's you who should try expanding your understanding of capitalism.

Big biz cannot use the threat of a gun or jail to take the money you earned. The Govt can and does.

Those of you who want so badly to be a peasant society should go live elsewhere. The only thing holding anyone back from getting rich In America is their own self.

No big biz can only buy off all of the gov't. You think only the ATA has the resources to block any safety regulations? You think the ATA is the only one who has a uneven field when negotiating with it's employees? Look at the mining industry. They basically ignore all regulations and you think republicans will change anything. I suppose you are one of those dreamers who think corporations should be allowed to self regulate. The top 1% control this country and will allow you to get a rich as they want to. Not the government as the elite play them like a puppet.

 

[Jiminmem]

Do I think this driver was over paid, of course. One sentence that everyone seems to be over looking is the one about limiting they're pay to $70,000. They tried that a few years ago and no one would take the job. Imagine if that happened in the airlines.

 

[Jiminmem]

As for politics, I don't see it from this issue. Not everything that hapens in America can be traced to politics. The contracts had loop holes in it and people took advantage of them. happens in every industry, it does tick me off. On the flip side I see it at my current employer and al my previous ones. A number of people spend more time figuring out ways to work the contract then they do with their own jobs.

 

[livin'thesim]

UHHHHHH!! So let me get this straight, we should cut the taxes of the rich, so that they can get richer, and HOPEFULLY create some jobs, and keep their money here. To pay for this rich man tax cut, we, the middle class, should pay more taxes, and be thankful that we have rich people in this country at all!!! Now this city bus employee who worked his BUTT off to make what he made, is a crook for it? Though if you read the whole article, the city is really at fault for this because they are running short staffed! (Sound familiar ASAer's) Let me put it this way, if you want a strong middle class, vote democrat, if you want the wealthiest 2% to do REALLY well, vote republican. If you're a really big moron, respond to this post telling me how great the republican party is.

Before anyone can answer your question, you would first have to be willing to understand the production/consumption cycle, the effect of the financial sector's meddling in currency value, and the effect of various kinds of taxes on production and consumption.

For example, changes in capital gains taxes will have very different effects on the economy than changes in income taxes.

There is nothing magic about either party. A party is only as good as the policies it implements.

Did you know, for instance that key Democrats altered tax laws to help out some large east coast hedge funds? I bet you didn't! Haha.

See? Nothing magic about democrats either.

Basically, 90% of all Americans are terminally ignorant about the functioning of the economy, and usually resort to a crude intellectual gouge like Dem=good, republican=bad (or the opposite).

Thanks for serving as yet another data point in that trend.


Since you are obviously so smart, here are a couple questions for you:

1) Would increasing the capital gains tax have an affect on the average small company (assume that the company is very profitable)? Help? Hurt? No significant effect?

2) Is the current income tax/Fica system structured as progressive, regressive, or both, depending on how much you make. Explain your answer.

3) If you wanted to spur the growth of jobs would you:
a) cut capital gains taxes and raise corporate taxes
b) cut corporate taxes and raise capital gains taxes
c) cut both
d) raise both

Please explain your answer.

 

[livin'thesim]

Firemen

Police

Trash Collectors

Bus Drivers

Train/Subway Operators

Just to name a few.

Those folks deserve representation just as much as private sector workers.

The problem is the pandering politicians, not the unions.

Please read up on the typical state/local negotiating process before making uninformed statements.

The politicians would not need to pander if unreasonable demands were not being made.

I can understand if you would rather not waste the time in learning about what has been happening in the public sector, and instead rely on a lot of assumptions, but it is not going to change the fact that public sector (but not federal) employees are about to get a gigantic disappointment.

 

[livin'thesim]

Here's a hint...the repubs hate the other 95% who can't compete in a society based in greed.

Na, we conservatives don't hate the poor. We'd love to teach them how to get rich by producing wealth on their own instead of always taking ours.

Liberals prevent the poor from becoming self sufficient by training them to rely on handouts.

Just watch what is happening to the economy in all those European liberal utopias. Disaster. Very high levels of government debt and low production.

Liberalism is just institutionalized envy, nothing more.

 

[Flyprdu]

I love it that conservatives who post in the REGIONAL forum on Flight Info include themselves when talking about the "rich." Hilarious.

The delusions know no bounds.

Hey livin'thesim, I think it's a fair assumption that they're not taking yours. You, like the rest of us, probably don't have much to take.

 

[likeitis]

I love it that conservatives who post in the REGIONAL forum on Flight Info include themselves when talking about the "rich." Hilarious.

The delusions know no bounds.

Hey livin'thesim, I think it's a fair assumption that they're not taking yours. You, like the rest of us, probably don't have much to take.

+1, these people spew words like utopia while living in la la land. Illusions of being rich. I think their definition of rich is well south of mine.