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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Seven of the Top Ten Wealthiest Members of Congress Are Democrats
Yes America, there is a wealth gap. Seven of the top ten wealthiest members
in Congress are Democrats.
The results are based on a new study released today by the non-partisan
Center for Responsive Politics. The Center did an analysis of the financial
statements filed by members of Congress for 2010 income and net worth.
This revelation of extreme wealth by Democratic politicians is completely
contrary to the public image of the De... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 2 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: tonyxu007 (tony), 信区: USANews
标 题: 共和党太惨了: 50 Wealthiest Districts
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Nov 9 14:51:44 2018, 美东)
50 Wealthiest Congressional Districts in the US
共和党太惨了
Wealth
Ranking State District Median Household Income Representative
Party
1 VA 10th $116,069 Jennifer Wexton Democrat
2 CA 18th $112,702 Anna Eshoo Democrat
3 CA 17th $107,946 Ro Khanna Democrat
4 VA 11th $105,024 Gerald Co... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7106 | 3 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: sinical (一江春水向东流), 信区: Military
标 题: 7:40pm Obama addressing tax cut: Wealthiest Americans included in extended tax cut
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Dec 6 18:48:00 2010, 美东)
Obama: Framework for bipartisan deal would extend all Bush-era tax cuts for
two years and jobless benefits for 13 months. |
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发帖数: 7106 | 4 Wealthiest Americans included in extended tax cut.
for |
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发帖数: 10416 | 5 Wealthiest 都是 private 厕所，只有p民才享受同一个厕所 ～～～lol |
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发帖数: 7106 | 6 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: sinical (一江春水向东流), 信区: Military
标 题: 7:40pm Obama addressing tax cut: Wealthiest Americans included in extended tax cut
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Dec 6 18:48:00 2010, 美东)
Obama: Framework for bipartisan deal would extend all Bush-era tax cuts for
two years and jobless benefits for 13 months. |
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发帖数: 1 | 7 50 Wealthiest Congressional Districts in the US
共和党太惨了
Wealth
Ranking State District Median Household Income Representative
Party
1 VA 10th $116,069 Jennifer Wexton Democrat
2 CA 18th $112,702 Anna Eshoo Democrat
3 CA 17th $107,946 Ro Khanna Democrat
4 VA 11th $105,024 Gerald Connolly Democrat
5 NJ 7th $104,987 Tom Malinowski Democrat
6 NY 3rd $104,805 Thomas Suozzi Democrat
7 NJ ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5379 | 8 来自主题: Automobile版 - 对号入座吧 These are the best-selling cars in wealthy zip codes
Posted Aug 9th 2012 10:45AM by Jeff Sabatini
Filed under: Car Buying, BMW, Honda, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota,
Volkswagen, Luxury
Perhaps the most frustrating thing about being mired in the 99% is that due
to the prevalence of reality-distorting TV and the booming personal security
business, we really have no idea what it's like to be Mitt Romney, Donald
Trump or one of the Koch brothers. At least in the olden days, we plebs
could point and s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9629 | 9 这个多的是阿,满大街都是.
屁民反对,有用么?
The CIA Controls the Media
Monday, January 18, 2010
The CIA Controls the Media
BY JOHN POTASH of the ROCK CREEK FREE PRESS
A review of the CIA and the media helps explain how the wealthiest families
gained control over a vast majority of Americans’ information. US
Intelligence whistle-blowers and mainstream media insiders revealed that a
group of white Anglo-Saxon Protestant elites own or influence virtually all
of our media sources that shape our opinions about events at... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 10 3 月11日 富豪们，为了你们的生命和财富，捐款吧！
刚才看网上说，歼20入主中国空军，错，大错特错！ 歼20不是入主中国空军，歼20是
入主世界空军！ 我说过，这是一场世纪之战，但不应该是国家与国家，种族与种族之
间的战争，而是信仰，不同路线之争。
大家都知道这个Hurun 财富榜，其实这是个掠夺财富，权利的集团。而且如果我没有猜
错的话，不管其原始创立人是谁，现在这个集团已经完全被日本人所操控。刚刚发布的
女性亿万富翁榜，就是他们最新的目标，打击对象。这个网单独把中国，印度富豪列举
出来，说明对中国，印度富豪的打击屠杀最有针对性。 而其实，所有这个富豪榜上的
人都具有潜在危险，只不过时间早晚的问题。因为我的出现，而我又是女的，日本人就
仇恨其所有富豪女性，尤其是中国女性成为首要掠夺对象。如果我没有猜错的话，老干
妈很可能已经落入这个集团之手。最新针对的是排名最高的陈丽华，象Panda Express
，我在想，很可能已经落入他们集团之手。当然，所有在这个名单上的人都有危险，不
在这个名单，在其他名单上也有危险。
前天我打印了一些资料，然后夜里他们潜入我的房间偷走了一部分，或者说... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 11 The Facebook Inc. (FB) founder refinanced a $5.95 million mortgage on his
Palo Alto, California, home with a 30-year adjustable-rate loan starting at
1.05 percent, according to public records for the property.
While almost all lending rates have reached historical lows this year, the
borrowing costs available to high-net-worth individuals are even lower if
the person is willing to bear the risk of monthly interest rate adjustments,
said Greg McBride, senior financial analyst with Bankrate Inc., ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3726 | 12 I agree with you. But be careful of the greediness of human nature, that's
why the wealthiest use whatever they can to pay less tax. My point is an
IDEAL government should be the one that regulates the wealthiest and creates
opportunities for the middle class, however, such government does not exist
. The wealthiest successfully kidnapped the government, regardless of D or R
. Nobody really represents middle class.
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约威郡生活(Westchester)]俱乐部：
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Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York.
Westchester covers an area of 450 square miles (1,200 km2) and has a
population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45
municipalities. It was name... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 25262 | 14 Median income for Americans was $34,750 in 2012. At some companies, however,
the median is more than five times the national number. Based on figures
provided by Glassdoor, 24/7 Wall St. examined the highest-paying companies
in America.
The companies that pay their employees the most fall primarily into two
industries: management consulting firms and tech companies. These companies
employ graduates of elite schools who have skills that are in high demand
and have high salary expectations to matc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 937 | 15 还是东部有钱。美国最富的10个学区，9个在NewYork周围。
30万贫困线的湾区居然一个都没进前十。
http://www.rr.com/finance/finance/article/rr/57120512/69526874/
The Richest School Districts in America
10) Darien School District, Conn.
> Median household income: $175,766
> Pct. households earning $200,000+: 52.5%
> Pct. households earning less than $10,000: 1.4%
> Expenditure per student: $18,047
> Pct. local funding: 86%
With a median income of $177,766, the Darien School District is one of the
wealthiest in the country. According to an es... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7039 | 16 英国贵族已经被同化了.The evidence proved that the English aristocracy had
literally sealed a "marriage with Jewry" in terms of its "blood substance."
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England's Jewish Aristocracy (2)
January 17, 2011
by Henry Makow Ph.D.
In 1941, Friedrich Wilhelm Euler, Nazi Germany's leading expert on Jewish
genealogy, published a lengthy article entitled "The Penetration of Jewish
Blood into the English Upper Class."
Euler asked how modern Bri... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 20343 | 17 Former maths teacher divorcing Britain's wealthiest woman entrepreneur worth
￡1.1 BILLION because he doesn't like being rich and prefers to eat in
Wetherspoon's
They say you can't have too much of a good thing, but try telling that to
the husband who's divorcing Britain's wealthiest female entrepreneur.
Former maths teacher Tony Hawken, 57, is splitting from Xiu Li, 51, because
he says he is fed up with being wealthy.
The couple were catapulted into the world of the super-rich after Li's idea
of... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3 | 18 The New York Times
By DAVID BARBOZA
China’s ‘Diamond Queen’
It is no secret in China’s elite circles that the prime minister’s wife,
Zhang Beili, is rich, and that she has helped control the nation’s jewelry
and gem trade. But her lucrative diamond businesses became an off-the-charts
success only as her husband moved into the country’s top leadership ranks,
the review of corporate and regulatory records by The Times found.
A geologist with an expertise in gemstones, Ms. Zhang is largely unknown
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发帖数: 61690 | 19 Eight of the ten richest House districts are represented by Democratic
members of Congress, according to a report from the Associated Press.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) represents the wealthiest district: the New
York’s 12th. Maloney’s constituents have a $75,479 per capita income.
House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) presides over the eighth-
district.
That contrasts with the perception that the nation’s wealthy prefer the GOP
. Democrats often paint the Republicans as the party... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 33885 | 20 这位洋教授的中国评论是非常棒的。
China: Reformers and Compradors
James Petras is a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton
University, New York.
09.11.2015 :: Analysis
China’s wealthiest classes have secured their recent fortunes through
various means, both legal and illegal: These include (1) the privatization
of public enterprises; (2) the savage exploitation of cheap labor after
destroying workers rights , protections and social welfare legislation; (3)
large-scale, long-term corruption of ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2074 | 21 然后美国就堕落了。 2030-2040年， 十年期间，美国就失去了第一位的位置。被加拿
大， 韩国，澳大利亚和荷兰超越。小国不算了。所以加拿大也是很好的地方啊。
Citigroup estimate for 2040s
The following table is an estimate for the top ten wealthiest countries by
nominal GDP per capita in 2040 made by Citigroup in February 2011.[4]
Figures are in current US dollars.
Top 10 wealthiest economies in the world Rank Country 2040
1 Singapore 214,757
2 Norway 202,492
3 Switzerland 173,423
4 Canada 166,403
5 Sweden 145,793
6 ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 22 Political Risk Analysis: What's Ahead For Mexico?
Nathaniel Parish Flannery , Contributor
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
Mexican presidential candidate for the MORENA party, Andres Manuel Lopez
Obrador (R) greets supporters.(Photo: ENRIQUE CASTRO/AFP/Getty Images)
As tense trade talks continue with the US and Canada, and the future of
cross-border trade within North America remains uncertain, Mexico is heading
towards a potentially transformational presidential election... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 美国大兵从哪来？白人占美国适龄人口58%，占入伍人数的64%；占17%人口0的黑人占入
伍人数21%；低收入20%适龄人口占入伍人数的10%，高收入40%占49%
The Truth About Who Fights for Us
In 2007, only 11% of enlisted military recruits came from the poorest U.S.
neighborhoods.
By ANN MARLOWE
It should no more be necessary to write this article than to prove that
there were Jews killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11. And yet the
mythology refuses to die. Just last week, two well-educated and well-known
writer acquaintances of mine remarked in passing on the "fact"... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 24 Don’t Tax the Rich. Tax Inequality Itself.
By IAN AYRES and AARON S. EDLIN
THE progressive reformer and eminent jurist Louis D. Brandeis once said, “
We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a
few, but we cannot have both.” Brandeis lived at a time when enormous
disparities between the rich and the poor led to violent labor unrest and
ultimately to a reform movement.
Over the last three decades, income inequality has again soared to the sort
of levels that alarme... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 25 By Larrey Anderson
Venture capitalism is, and always has been, the heart of capitalism. There
is nothing "new" or modern about it.1 Venture capitalism is one or more
private investors financing a risky new venture (thus, the "venture" in
venture capitalism) -- or a private investor's attempt to salvage an already
existing, but troubled, business. Venture capitalism takes the risks that
banks won't and that governments shouldn't. Crony capitalism is the system
of politically motivated handouts fr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 26 Canada is on track to be one of the few G20 nations not offering a specific
amount to the International Monetary Fund as it tries to raise at least $430
-billion to draw on in case any members need a financial rescue.
But Mr. Harper isn’t budging as he carves out an agenda directly opposite
to those of the high-debt governments of Europe. He chose Davos earlier this
year to announce a long-term economic plan that includes raising the
eligibility age for Old Age Security, partly to contrast Canad... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 865 | 27 (from http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/26/getting-facts-straight-americas-tax-burden)
Claim: The top 10 percent wealthiest Americans pay 70 percent of federal
income taxes.
Fact: This statistic presents a deeply misleading picture of the actual
federal tax burden because (1) it fails to include payroll taxes, which
every worker pays, and which fall disproportionately on the middle class,
and (2) because it doesn’t reflect that high-income Americans earn a
disproportionate share of income. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1637 | 28 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-14/mitt-romney-s-worst-we
Mitt Romney’s Worst Week Ever: Three Explanations
Mitt Romney has been under siege this week, not just from reporters but from
some fellow Republicans. His troubles have three main sources.
First, the candidate himself. One example suffices here: his perplexing
failure, many years ago when he first decided to run for president, to move
his fortune out of Switzerland and the Caribbean, two places synonymous with
financial subterfuge,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 97 | 29 Billions in Hidden Riches for Family of Chinese Leader
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/business/global/family-of-wen
BEIJING — The mother of China’s prime minister was a schoolteacher in
northern China. His father was ordered to tend pigs in one of Mao’s
political campaigns. And during childhood, “my family was extremely poor,”
the prime minister, Wen Jiabao, said in a speech last year.
But now 90, the prime minister’s mother, Yang Zhiyun, not only left
poverty behind — she became outright ric... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 30 Pelosi doubles down: "If there's no agreement, we go over the cliff"
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi / AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi doubled down today on a White House
pledge to go over the so-called "fiscal cliff" in the absence of a deal that
includes tax hikes for the wealthy, telling reporters that "If there's no
agreement, we go over the cliff."
Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 21627 | 31 America the Shrunken
MAY 3, 2014
Frank Bruni
NOT long ago I asked a good friend of mine — one of the smartest men I know
, and one of the most devoted dads — if he thought that his children would
live in a more prosperous America or at least enjoy the same bounty of
opportunities that we had.
His response was instant and unequivocal. No.
“How do you make peace with that?” I said.
He shrugged, laughed bitterly and answered, “I’m hoping to leave them a
lot of money.”
The American dream, 2014 editi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10729 | 32 但是根据24/7华尔街的调查，克林顿夫妇的资产$55 million
Clinton is considered the wealthiest living president and among the top-10
all-time wealthiest, with the Clintons' combined net worth at about $55
million, according to the website 24/7 Wall Street, which started evaluating
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发帖数: 1034 | 33 Medical for All:
https://berniesanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/family.png
简单说：一个年收入$50,000的家庭一年大约节省$5800在医疗保险上。
THE PLAN WOULD BE FULLY PAID FOR BY:
A 6.2 percent income-based health care premium paid by employers.
Revenue raised: $630 billion per year.
A 2.2 percent income-based premium paid by households.
Revenue raised: $210 billion per year.This year, a family of four taking the
standard deduction can have income up to $28,800 and not pay this tax under
this plan.
A family of four mak... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6361 | 34 有人无知,说巴菲特不享受税务优惠。看看沃伦·巴菲特的纤巧的税收漏洞 - 巴伦周刊
Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's
http://www.barrons.com/articles/warren-buffetts-nifty-tax-loophole-1428726092
(If you google Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's, you will be
able to read it. If you click the link, it seems to ask you to subscribe.
Let me copy and paste it here for your reference.)
巴菲特支持较高的单独税率，同时确保他的巨额财富在伯克希尔哈撒韦公司几乎是免税
的。他的公司从来没有在合法不交税时交过税。关于纳税问题，请见我的评论。
OTHER VOICES
Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole
Warren Buf... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 36 WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "
fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their
Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House
Speaker John Boehner declared.
President Obama, on his way out of town himself, insisted a bargain could
still be struck before Dec. 31. "Call me a hopeless optimist," he said.
A look at why it's so hard for Republicans and Democrats to compromise on
urgent matters of taxes and spend... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11530 | 37 The World's Richest People Got Poorer This Year
Devon Pendleton
DevonPendleton
Jack Witzig
December 28, 2015 — 7:34 PM CST
The richest people on Earth became a bit poorer this year.
The world’s 400 wealthiest individuals shed $19 billion in 2015, according
to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Falling commodities prices and signs of
a slower-growing China spooked investors around the world leading to the
first annual decline for the daily wealth index since its 2012 debut.
"After three great year... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7021 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: Daos (刀丝斋), 信区: USANews
标 题: 看看沃伦·巴菲特的纤巧的税收漏洞 - 巴伦周刊zz
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 3 11:10:41 2016, 美东)
有人无知,说巴菲特不享受税务优惠。看看沃伦·巴菲特的纤巧的税收漏洞 - 巴伦周刊
Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's
http://www.barrons.com/articles/warren-buffetts-nifty-tax-loophole-1428726092
(If you google Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's, you will be
able to read it. If you click the link, it seems to ask you to subscribe.
Let me copy and paste it here for your reference.)
巴菲特... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 953 | 39 no offense，如果我说的不对请指正。
不否认johns creek 是非常好的区。
可是最wealthy的区应该是buckhead吧？
看看wiki的资料
According to Forbes Magazine, Buckhead is home to the ninth-wealthiest zip code in the US (30327), with a
household income in excess of $341,000 per year and is the location of the wealthiest of Atlanta's
neighborhoods.[13]
Home to the Georgia Governor's Mansion, the area's real estate market is also the most expensive in the state
of Georgia with an average home value in 2005 of approximately $761,000.[14][15] Two... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7021 | 40 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: Daos (刀丝斋), 信区: USANews
标 题: 看看沃伦·巴菲特的纤巧的税收漏洞 - 巴伦周刊zz
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 3 11:10:41 2016, 美东)
有人无知,说巴菲特不享受税务优惠。看看沃伦·巴菲特的纤巧的税收漏洞 - 巴伦周刊
Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's
http://www.barrons.com/articles/warren-buffetts-nifty-tax-loophole-1428726092
(If you google Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's, you will be
able to read it. If you click the link, it seems to ask you to subscribe.
Let me copy and paste it here for your reference.)
巴菲特... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2894 | 41 resident Barack Obama's plan to have the wealthy pay more in taxes would
likely affect San Mateo County residents more than those in any other part
of the Bay Area. Eight of the region's 10 richest neighborhoods are in San
Mateo County, a Bay Citizen analysis of income statistics released last
month by the Census Bureau shows.
The president used his State of the Union message Tuesday night to call on
America's wealthiest residents to pay more in taxes, trumpeting a "Buffett
rule," named after fi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7021 | 42 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: Daos (刀丝斋), 信区: USANews
标 题: 看看沃伦·巴菲特的纤巧的税收漏洞 - 巴伦周刊zz
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 3 11:10:41 2016, 美东)
有人无知,说巴菲特不享受税务优惠。看看沃伦·巴菲特的纤巧的税收漏洞 - 巴伦周刊
Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's
http://www.barrons.com/articles/warren-buffetts-nifty-tax-loophole-1428726092
(If you google Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's, you will be
able to read it. If you click the link, it seems to ask you to subscribe.
Let me copy and paste it here for your reference.)
巴菲特... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7021 | 43 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: Daos (刀丝斋), 信区: USANews
标 题: 看看沃伦·巴菲特的纤巧的税收漏洞 - 巴伦周刊zz
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 3 11:10:41 2016, 美东)
有人无知,说巴菲特不享受税务优惠。看看沃伦·巴菲特的纤巧的税收漏洞 - 巴伦周刊
Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's
http://www.barrons.com/articles/warren-buffetts-nifty-tax-loophole-1428726092
(If you google Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole - Barron's, you will be
able to read it. If you click the link, it seems to ask you to subscribe.
Let me copy and paste it here for your reference.)
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发帖数: 25274 | 44 Billionaire Larry Ellison will pay for tennis, loves to play it too
BILL DWYRE
The Oracle founder is the fifth-wealthiest man in the world, and he was
willing to spend about $100 million of that fortune to buy the BNP Paribas
Open, securing the future of the Indian Wells event. At 66, he's also a
serious player.
March 12, 2011|Bill Dwyre
We sat in a huge boardroom, with paneled walls, nice paintings and 20 big
leather chairs so comfortable they could put you to sleep in minutes.
It was a great p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5094 | 45 我的论据如下:
wiki "upper class in US"
"The main distinguishing feature of upper class is its ability to derive
enormous incomes from wealth through techniques such as investment and money
management, rather than simply engaging in wage-labor or salaried
employment.[2][3][4] Successful entrepreneurs, CEOs, politicians, investment
bankers, some lawyers and top flight physicians, heirs to fortunes,
successful venture capitalists, stockbrokers as well as celebrities are
considered members of this class b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 33885 | 46 最好笑的是，在美国，有了“民主”你还是可以被剥夺你吃饭的权力。
U.S. Hunger -- in the world's wealthiest nation： Yet 13 percent of people
living in the United States live in poverty. Nearly one in four children
live in households that struggle to put food on the table. That's 16.7
million children. |
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发帖数: 7918 | 47 文中提到李俊冤案和薄熙來的盟友－張海洋將軍。
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/world/asia/bo-xilais-china-cr
March 26, 2012
Crime Crackdown Adds to Scandal Surrounding Former Chinese Official
By SHARON LaFRANIERE and JONATHAN ANSFIELD
BEIJING — As Bo Xilai, the dismissed Chongqing party chief, becomes
immersed in an ever-more tangled scandal, disturbing details are emerging
about one of his best-known initiatives, a crusade against organized crime
on which he built a national reputation.
Since Mr. Bo was fired last m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 48 (1) To paragraph Mr. James Soong 宋楚瑜, you are CCP's 化妝師.
Rather, your argument misfires, and turns out to be an indictment against
CCP.
The Great Leap Forward flopped totally, causing 20 million Chinese to die of
famine in the absence of natural calamity.
In contrast, in the past decade China has emerged as the largest steel
producer of the world, accounting for about half of global output without
Mao's brutality. (Of course, quantity is not the same as quality. China
still cannnot make key engi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10345 | 50 看了Downton Abbey，发现对英国爵位，称号还是不很清楚，结果在网上找来个简介，
这下清楚多了。这里分享一下
After a long discussion last night in the tiny chat about aristocratic
titles, I thought it might be a good idea to have the information down
somewhere where everyone can see it and refer to it. My sources are mainly http://laura.chinet.com/html/titles01.html (which will tell you EVERYTHING that you could ever want to know) as well as three years grappling and getting on top of them for writing Regency set stories. The titles from Downto... 阅读全帖 |
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