Taxing the Rich

    Would it surprise you to learn that you are paying the taxes of the rich?   Even you on minimum wage, or on welfare! Yes, you.   The taxes Congress promised to raise on “The Rich”.  Those e-e-evil  “Rich,” who make over $250,000 a year.  These are  often small businesses, so that taxes are a ’cost of doing business‘.   You are paying these taxes,  which grow  whenever  Congress  makes a big show of making them “pay their fair share“.   
    You say, “That’s crazy! I don’t make enough to  pay income taxes even on what I earn.  How do you figure?”
    How many times a week do you buy a loaf of bread, a bottle of milk, a tank of gasoline,  even a newspaper? 
     The price of each and everything you buy is calculated  carefully by adding up the costs to produce it.  Not just the materials, but the actual full cost. These costs  include the building it’s made in,  the salaries and benefits  of the workers, the cost and maintenance of the tools/machinery used,  utilities and, of course the taxes the government imposes on their gross income.  Are they entitled to some profit?  Of course.  Would you work  without  pay?  Remember, they can’t grant raises or expand and create more jobs if they can’t make a decent profit.
    And,  they must also keep in mind the competition they face in pricing.  Too low and they would lose money and inevitably, their business.   Too high, and they would lose sales and,  no doubt, the business. 
      That’s just a sampling.  I’m sure any business owner could add to the list.  Think about this next time your Representative tells you he’s going to raise taxes on ’the rich’. Ask him if he couldn’t lower spending instead.  You know, on things like a new statue in his honor, or a bridge to nowhere. Or, how about that project of  teaching African men how to wash their private parts?  (Wouldn’t you love to have some foreign busy-body come in and teach you how to, uh, well, um.  Never mind.)
    Just think about the extra taxes you will pay for the rich the next time your congressman promises to make the rich “pay their fair share”. When the cost of his product goes up, so must its price.  Then, don't shut up,
just change your call to "Stop spending so much!"
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       This message is part of  a work I received in an e-mail.  It is so real it needs to be read by all!

Guess our national leaders didn't expect this, hmm? On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton , Colorado , was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful.
> They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness.. The following is a portion of the transcript:

"> Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children wdied must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers.
> "The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used.. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart.
> "In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent. > I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best. 
> Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
> Your words are empty air. You've stripped away our heritage,
> You've outlawed simple prayer.
> Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
> And precious children die..
> You seek for answers everywhere,
> And ask the question "Why?"
> You regulate restrictive laws,
> Through legislative creed..
> And yet you fail to understand,
> That God is what we need!