In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 self-made millionaire doesn't mind paying more taxes "My gas station businesses are hurting. I make the same profit margin--5 to 8 cents per gallon--no matter whether the price of gas is $1.99 per gallon or $4.99. The big oil companies are the ones raking in the profits when prices go up, not me. I can make money on gas only through volume sales--and if people are hurting, I make less on gas. Or I start to lose money, like now. Where I make money, though, is when they come inside and buy discretionary items--food, drinks, lottery tickets. Right now, people aren't buying. I know 20 of my gas station colleagues are about to declare bankruptcy. It's bad." "So I'm fed up with the Republicans. Tax cuts for the rich, the war--all that stuff. The middle class needs help. I'm finally convinced. I'm going for Obama. First time in my life, I tell you." I asked him about paying higher taxes. "I don't care about that. If I'm making money, I don't care. I'll pay my taxes. But I'm not going to make any money if the middle-class guy doesn't have money in his pocket to buy my gas or my food. I don't need the big tax cut right now. That's not going to bring the customers into my gas stations." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 self-made millionaire doesn't mind paying more taxes Oh, my god!!! He found someone who agrees with OBAMA!!! STOP THE PRESSES!!! I hope he belongs to the United Brotherhood of Treadmill Walkers. It would be most disconcerting to find out he's a health and wellness SCAB!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 Oh, my god!!! He found someone who agrees with OBAMA!!! STOP THE PRESSES!!! I hope he belongs to the United Brotherhood of Treadmill Walkers. It would be most disconcerting to find out he's a health and wellness SCAB!!! as Kathleen Parker said today... The well-fed Right now cultivates ignorance as a political strategy and humiliates itself when its brightest sons seek sanctuary in the solitude of personal honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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