had a student tell me today

[libnnc]

That the reason businesses are failing is because they're being taxed "to death"

oy...

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

sometimes teh stupid hurts soooo much

[ferrous wheel]

1. Well, if he weren't ignorant he wouldn't be a student.

:shrug:

[T Wolf]

2. Are you their teacher? If so, you have the opportunity to (a) educate or (b) see that they cannot

spread their ignorance to others.

[libnnc]

4. he won't budge

called me communist a couple of weeks ago

I must be doing something right.

[T Wolf]

22. Just flunk his ignorant ass and be done with him. Not worth the time you have already wasted.

[barbtries]

3. ow

hope you set him or her straight. where in nc?

[libnnc]

5. community college

piedmont/triad

[Tunkamerica]

7. GTCC?

[HillbillyBob]

12. NE triad(Caswell County) too bad that is a waste of his parents

and taxpayers $. I always wanted to go back to school..but I was too busy hand to mouth keeping food in the house and the rent paid.

[JaneQPublic]

6. Listening to Rush on hi IPod? (nt)

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Ask your student if businesses seek payment for their goods or services.

That's what taxes are - payment for what is rendered by others.

[county worker]

9. If a business was failing it probably didn't have any income so it wouldn't be paying income tax.

They would not be paying sales tax on the things they buy for resale since that tax is passed on to the end user. They would pay social security and medicare tax on their employees and workers comp which is insurance not a tax. But since most failing businesses are laying people off they are also cutting their tax burden along with the payroll.

Just what tax is causing them to fail?

[antigop]

10. On Sunday, a wingnut told me the reason jobs were being offshored is because of taxes

I said, "No, it's because of cheaper labor."

The wingnut said, "OK, cheaper labor AND taxes".

Someone else at the table told the wingnut, "Well, the company I work for hasn't paid taxes, yet has offshored lots of jobs."

The wingnut just sat there.

[libnnc]

11. I keep telling this kid that the reason companies

hire expensive tax lawyers is to find ways around paying taxes

he got all bowed up and started spouting that "NO!!!11 Businesses pay the majority of taxes in society!!111. Millions of dollars in taxes!!!111"


also overheard him tell someone that his daddy was going to get him a job with his company so he's pretty much "hooked up" :eyes:

[HillbillyBob]

15. I am so sorry you have to deal with ignernt ungreatful lil snots

nt
I might be giving away my age, but we were taught to at least LISTEN to the person at the head of the class before spouting uncouth disrespect.
This was sometimes backed up with a board about 30 inches long with a handle carved out of one end and it was applied to the gluteus with force directly proportionate to said disrespect.

[FLyellowdog]

13. Hope you set him straight on this,

I'm guessing you have a little more leeway in your classroom than the rest of us have had. Keep up the good work. I'm so proud of you.:hi:

[libnnc]

16. hee hee...just WAIT till we get to the chapter on the depression years

I've got that lecture pretty much put to memory. I tell them stories about Paw Paw and Nonnie -- pretty much shuts them up. :hi: and thanks! Hope you had a great birthday by the way.

[FLyellowdog]

17. Thanks. Can I audit your class as a senior citizen?

[Mollis]

14. My Psych teacher said something like that...

my parents business was going to be "taxed to death."

[ixion]

18. the reason business are failing is that there is no business

I've got clients, but they're all having trouble coming up with cash, and that hurts my business.

This student is obviously not running a business of his own.

[jljamison]

19. please explain that...

...when you have no income or no profits, you don't have any taxes due. Profits often require revenues, so no revenue usually means no profits. No spending, no revenues. its axiomatic.

[SoCalDem]

20. Show them this graphic

These come from our pals at "The heritage foundation"

And remind them of how successful the US was during that "High-rate" time..




and this one

[libnnc]

21. right click save

thanks :hi:

[ColbertWatcher]

23. How sad.

Of course with GOPer/Libertarians (same thing, I know) once that "obstacle" is removed they will slip down the slope to blaming the "high cost" of employees.

And once that "obstacle" is removed, they'll move on to blaming something else.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. May I invite you (and everyone in your thread) ...

... to come and have some fun with something I've been struggling with for a while?

I started a page on the Truthiness Encyclopedia called "The Economy Primer" (http://www.wikiality.com/The_Economy/Primer ).

It's basically supposed to be a satirical lesson on how the economy works (in picture form, but words can be added too).

Since it's on a wiki you can add almost anything you want.

And, I have a whole slew of icons already on the page, such as:

icons for people, for freepers and for Limpballs himself:

(I've decided to temporarily separate the text part from the graphic part, but they can be consolidated when everyone is ready)

Come on over and if you need more images added, let me know.