Originally Posted by oledoc2u

I pay taxes, my family, which has a poor side, who are self employed, don't pay taxes, as most of their income is, paid in cash they don't claim. If they claimed it, through their salvage work, "Junk", they wouldn't live as well as they do now. The "rich" that Rush seems to hate, are friends as well. I have a couple of millionares friends, whom I have worked for both, and they pay taxes. A lot of taxes. You don't own 15,000 acres, and not pay taxes. He pays his income tax, and guess what, news flash Rush, he pays property tax in Indiana, and Illinios....and even so, both contribute big time to a lot charities, not to mentions both employ over 300 people each. This mind set of many that the rich get richer and poor get poorer is just plain bullshit, and always has been. The hispanics we employ lives are getting better all the time, and why don't the locals want these same jobs? Because they are labor intensive. They don't want to work, as long as someone will give them food stamps, and welfare money to get by. It's all around us...and the 2% of the really rich are giving to charities as well....they shouldn't be punished for having an idea, developing that idea into companies that employ people all around the world, Buffet, whom I don't like, did it, Sam Walton, and the list goes on...give back billions to charities...kind of like Obama, except it isn't his money, it's ours...