How Rich is Too Rich? « Honjii’s Harangues

How Rich is Too Rich?

November 14, 2009 at 4:51 am | In economy, government spending, government waste, patriotism, taxes | 4 Comments
Tags: Germany, rich people, wealth

We could take a lesson on patriotism from rich Germans, who seem to have a lot more sense and far less greed than their American counterparts. I can already hears the distant cries of SOCIALIST from the right for what is just common human decency and a desire for the greater good. What the Germans realize and Americans don’t seem to understand is that when a country isn’t plagued with poor, homeless, and unemployed people we all benefit in the end. From BBC News:

A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes.

The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid Germany’s economic recovery.

Germany could raise 100bn euros (£91bn) if the richest people paid a 5% wealth tax for two years, they say.

The petition has 44 signatories so far, and will be presented to newly re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The group say the financial crisis is leading to an increase in unemployment, poverty and social inequality. read more

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only americans think SOCIAL is a bad word. because they are stupid and greedy.

Comment by charly — November 14, 2009 #

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When you see comments like Americans are Stupid and Greedy, you can rest assured you are dealing with someone lacking in motivation and perhaps intelligence. Someone who is only willing to put in the minimum amount of effort to just get by.

Greed acts as a motivator for people to put in the extra effort it takes to be successful.

Comment by phathack — November 14, 2009 #

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- And you probably claim to be a Christian as well – - -
  
  Comment by archiearchive FCD — November 14, 2009 #
  
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- @phathack
  I can rest assured of no such thing. Because we live in the information age we have seen way too many examples of greedy and/or stupid Americans. I am embarrassed that these are my fellow citizens. Greed more likely will act as the motivator to circumvent the hard work and effort it takes to be financially successful and resort, instead, to dishonesty and outrageous behavior for financial gain.
  
  Comment by honjii — November 15, 2009 #
  
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