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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 289498" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>LOL, I've seen plenty of people move up at just about every job I have held. Every one of them did so through their attitude, work ethic, communication skills, and education. You are right, nobody chooses to be promoted, but through everything I just mentioned along with some patience they will highlight for their superiors just why they should receive a promotion. If there is any kind of higher power that does affect people's promotions it would be the federal government with programs such as affirmative action. This allows for less capable, less educated people to move ahead of their more capable co-workers simply because they are black, hispanic, female, etc.</p><p></p><p>Its liberals like you that don't understand what freedom truly stands for. With freedom comes responsibility, not guarantees. If someone truly wants to move up in this world they have to want it, and be willing to work for it. Nobody will just give it to them. </p><p> </p><p>I've done plenty of tax returns for teachers, and I can tell you around here they earn a good living. Most earn around $50k/yr. which isn't a bad income to be earning in Indianapolis. I was able to purchase a house in a nice neighborhood when I was only making $20k/yr. as a part-timer. As the old saying goes you get what you pay for. If a school system isn't paying enough to cover the costs of living in the area they will not attract the best teachers. You are right that it does take years to pay off school loans, but that is true of almost all college students. Its a small price to pay to be qualified to work in whatever field you choose to work in. </p><p> </p><p>You are correct that teenagers and senior citizens don't support middle class families as a whole. Therefore they do not need to be considered part of this study.</p><p> </p><p>I can tell you exactly how the author measures inflation. It is measured using the CPI or consumer price index. It is a government measured index that goes out and studies what the average person buys. They do these studies every few years or so, and when they do it they compile a basket of products. Every month they go out and "repurchase" that same basket of items and calculate inflation/deflation based on how much the overall cost of the basket of items have risen or fallen. The system uses a chosen base year(average of years 1982-1984) and starts at 0. When I was taking a macro economics course last summer the CPI was at 203 if I remember correctly. That means prices have doubled since the early 80s which is a relatively slow inflation rate. </p><p> </p><p>Care to show us some numbers proving that? </p><p> </p><p>Considering the bottom half of tax payers only pay about 5% of the total amount of taxes collected I can fully understand why they get less. They pay less into the system. The top 5% of wage earners pay something like 40% of all taxes collected. The logic goes like this, you earn less, so you pay less. When a tax cut comes around you will get less than those that earn more, and thus, pay more. Its not rocket science. You should be happy to know that since the Bush tax cuts have put into place the top wage earners in this country shoulder a bigger percentage of the total taxes paid than they did before the tax cuts. I just find it amazing that you believe they don't pay enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 289498, member: 249"] LOL, I've seen plenty of people move up at just about every job I have held. Every one of them did so through their attitude, work ethic, communication skills, and education. You are right, nobody chooses to be promoted, but through everything I just mentioned along with some patience they will highlight for their superiors just why they should receive a promotion. If there is any kind of higher power that does affect people's promotions it would be the federal government with programs such as affirmative action. This allows for less capable, less educated people to move ahead of their more capable co-workers simply because they are black, hispanic, female, etc. Its liberals like you that don't understand what freedom truly stands for. With freedom comes responsibility, not guarantees. If someone truly wants to move up in this world they have to want it, and be willing to work for it. Nobody will just give it to them. I've done plenty of tax returns for teachers, and I can tell you around here they earn a good living. Most earn around $50k/yr. which isn't a bad income to be earning in Indianapolis. I was able to purchase a house in a nice neighborhood when I was only making $20k/yr. as a part-timer. As the old saying goes you get what you pay for. If a school system isn't paying enough to cover the costs of living in the area they will not attract the best teachers. You are right that it does take years to pay off school loans, but that is true of almost all college students. Its a small price to pay to be qualified to work in whatever field you choose to work in. You are correct that teenagers and senior citizens don't support middle class families as a whole. Therefore they do not need to be considered part of this study. I can tell you exactly how the author measures inflation. It is measured using the CPI or consumer price index. It is a government measured index that goes out and studies what the average person buys. They do these studies every few years or so, and when they do it they compile a basket of products. Every month they go out and "repurchase" that same basket of items and calculate inflation/deflation based on how much the overall cost of the basket of items have risen or fallen. The system uses a chosen base year(average of years 1982-1984) and starts at 0. When I was taking a macro economics course last summer the CPI was at 203 if I remember correctly. That means prices have doubled since the early 80s which is a relatively slow inflation rate. Care to show us some numbers proving that? Considering the bottom half of tax payers only pay about 5% of the total amount of taxes collected I can fully understand why they get less. They pay less into the system. The top 5% of wage earners pay something like 40% of all taxes collected. The logic goes like this, you earn less, so you pay less. When a tax cut comes around you will get less than those that earn more, and thus, pay more. Its not rocket science. You should be happy to know that since the Bush tax cuts have put into place the top wage earners in this country shoulder a bigger percentage of the total taxes paid than they did before the tax cuts. I just find it amazing that you believe they don't pay enough. [/QUOTE]
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