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<blockquote data-quote="Surveyor1653" data-source="post: 1929712" data-attributes="member: 5197">I believe that what he means is that no one who is successful is entitled to the fruits of that success.&nbsp; There is the notion out there that if you&#039;re successful you must have taken advantage of someone to get there.&nbsp; You can&#039;t have come by it honestly.&nbsp; Thus the &quot;fair&quot; part of taking some of your success and spreading it around.&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing fair about 4% paying 35% of the tax bill.I&#039;m sure the guy down the street worked very hard to position himself to earn that $130k a year.&nbsp; Maybe not.&nbsp; Maybe he&#039;s the sort of fellow who can fall in crap and come up clean.&nbsp; Who cares?&nbsp; That&#039;s how I feel about it.&nbsp; Someone was willing to pay him that for what he provides them and have the means to do so.&nbsp; Why shouldn&#039;t he earn that much?&nbsp; People will do what they&#039;re paid to do.&nbsp; Even if they&#039;re paid $25,000 a year to walk to the mailbox for a check.What the hell do I know?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Surveyor1653, post: 1929712, member: 5197"] I believe that what he means is that no one who is successful is entitled to the fruits of that success. There is the notion out there that if you're successful you must have taken advantage of someone to get there. You can't have come by it honestly. Thus the "fair" part of taking some of your success and spreading it around. There's nothing fair about 4% paying 35% of the tax bill. I'm sure the guy down the street worked very hard to position himself to earn that $130k a year. Maybe not. Maybe he's the sort of fellow who can fall in crap and come up clean. Who cares? That's how I feel about it. Someone was willing to pay him that for what he provides them and have the means to do so. Why shouldn't he earn that much? People will do what they're paid to do. Even if they're paid $25,000 a year to walk to the mailbox for a check. What the hell do I know? [/QUOTE]

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