It's only February, and already, billionaire Tom Perkins is trying to stake claim to Douche of the Year honors. Not long ago, he compared progressives' desire to increase taxes on the top 1% to Nazis going after Jews during the Holocaust. He then decided to increase his odds of winning the before-mentioned award by saying the following during a speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last night:
"The Tom Perkins system is: You don't get to vote unless you pay a dollar of taxes. But what I really think is, it should be like a corporation. You pay a million dollars in taxes, you get a million votes. How's that?"
While it's debatable that Perkins was joking around, it doesn't seem to be debatable that he's a major league jerk. He also seems to be clueless about the real world. Unfortunately, due to the Citizens United ruling, corporations can spend countless dollars on ads to influence people's vote. In other words, if you pay a million dollars in taxes, chances are you'll get to influence millions of votes. Also, while I assume Mr. Prickins (a more fitting name, I believe) was talking about federal income taxes, just about everyone pays some form of taxes - whether that be federal, property, sales, etc. What he and his like seem to bypass when talking about the issue is that, while yes, most of them do spend more in taxes than anyone else, they have the money to hire someone to find any and every possible loophole to reduce the percentage in taxes they have to pay.
It's becoming painfully obvious that Tom Perkins and those with similar mindsets don't believe in democracy, or even a republic. What they seek is an oligarchy. They don't believe people from different classes should have an equal say in where this country goes. They try to minimize the middle- and lower-classes' rights, try to maximize the rights of corporations and the upper-class, and use their power and wealth to influence the public's perception - so that the middle- and lower-class butt heads, all the while he and those like him are destroying the very essence of this country and enjoying every minute of it in their yachts, on their private jets, and in their mansions. It's one thing to succeed in this country to the point where he or she can say, "I'm truly living the American dream!," and it's quite another to use that wealth and success to trample on the rights and opportunities of those with less money all in the name of greed.
As it says in the book of Proverbs, chapter 22, verses 16-17, "Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tom_perkins_wealthy_taxpayers_should_get_more_votes
http://www.openbible.info/topics/greed
"The Tom Perkins system is: You don't get to vote unless you pay a dollar of taxes. But what I really think is, it should be like a corporation. You pay a million dollars in taxes, you get a million votes. How's that?"
While it's debatable that Perkins was joking around, it doesn't seem to be debatable that he's a major league jerk. He also seems to be clueless about the real world. Unfortunately, due to the Citizens United ruling, corporations can spend countless dollars on ads to influence people's vote. In other words, if you pay a million dollars in taxes, chances are you'll get to influence millions of votes. Also, while I assume Mr. Prickins (a more fitting name, I believe) was talking about federal income taxes, just about everyone pays some form of taxes - whether that be federal, property, sales, etc. What he and his like seem to bypass when talking about the issue is that, while yes, most of them do spend more in taxes than anyone else, they have the money to hire someone to find any and every possible loophole to reduce the percentage in taxes they have to pay.
It's becoming painfully obvious that Tom Perkins and those with similar mindsets don't believe in democracy, or even a republic. What they seek is an oligarchy. They don't believe people from different classes should have an equal say in where this country goes. They try to minimize the middle- and lower-classes' rights, try to maximize the rights of corporations and the upper-class, and use their power and wealth to influence the public's perception - so that the middle- and lower-class butt heads, all the while he and those like him are destroying the very essence of this country and enjoying every minute of it in their yachts, on their private jets, and in their mansions. It's one thing to succeed in this country to the point where he or she can say, "I'm truly living the American dream!," and it's quite another to use that wealth and success to trample on the rights and opportunities of those with less money all in the name of greed.
As it says in the book of Proverbs, chapter 22, verses 16-17, "Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tom_perkins_wealthy_taxpayers_should_get_more_votes
http://www.openbible.info/topics/greed
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