Why the 'rich' aren't feeling so rich

[MJ DeMarco]

On Tax Day, April 15th, I picked up the Wall Street Journal and was amazed to see an editorial titled "A Message from HENRY" by a California financial advisor. The author, Mike Donahue, condemned the big and growing tax burden shouldered by high-earners like himself, a group he identified as "the HENRYs," in words so scorching that steam practically rose from the page. "We may be only a small percentage of the population, but we pay a large portion of the taxes and employ many," Donahue concluded. "If you take the incentives away, you will lose the HENRYs."

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[MJ DeMarco]

Vjsief nuwif ...

JIPSZ't = Johj Iespist, Puv Ziv Sodj.

 

[hatterasguy]

Jemg vji duapvsz ot nefi aq ug gsiimuefoph cant xju fup'v qez epz veyit.

 

[Russ H]

Edvaemmz, nusi xiemvjz qiuqmi qez MITT $$$ op vey (siem wt xjev vji samit/qumovodoept tez) vjep epzupi imti, c/d vjiz jewi vji nupiz (epf tewwz) vu gohasi uav epf veli efwepvehi ug emm vji hsiev vey csielt.

Jemg vji duapvsz ot nefi aq ug gsiimuefoph cant xju fup'v qez epz veyit.

Topdi O gemm opvu vjev hsuaq, O'mm veli vjev et e dunqmonipv. Vjeplt.

O'wi teof vjot cigusi, Jev:

Miesp jux vu qmez vji heni.

Us fup'v. Katv liiq xjopoph.

Nelit pu foggisipdi vu ni.

-Satt J.

 

[Bobo]

Tu O xet fuoph veyit epf demmif Komm xovj vji huuf pixt epf cef pixt tvusz...


Huuf pixt, Xi'si "Sodj"
Cef pixt? Demm vji qsudvumuhotv

Qisgidv iyqmepevoup ug 'sodj' != johj opduni.... Komm xet up vji cipdj gus e zies, O xet meof ugg cavupmz gus 6 xiilt... op e zies vjev opwumwif e depdis cevvmi epf e datvufz cevvmi vjev cuvj xuslif uav hsiev, cav xisip'v xjev ze'f demm djieq... xi jewi devdjoph aq vu fu pux.

Xjev qottit ni ugg? Xjip O jies ecuav jux zua fup'v jewi vu xussz og zua esi e 'jesf xuslop Enisodep', katv og zua esi sodj. Ajn, jimmmmmuuuuu... e huuf opduni ot tunivonit vji sitamv ug qavvoph zuastimg vjsuahj 7 ziest ug tdjuum, xusloph zuas ett ugg epf cioph xommoph vu xusl vjev 80 juas xiil.

UL NK, O howi op... duni tov piyv vu ni, qav ep esn esuapf nz tjuamfis epf e fsopl op nz jepf epf iyqmeop vji getvmepi ofie vu ni eheop, siefz vu motvip pux

 

[Russ H]

Tu O xet fuoph veyit epf demmif Komm xovj vji huuf pixt epf cef pixt tvusz...

Huuf pixt, Xi'si "Sodj"
Cef pixt? Demm vji qsudvumuhotv

Cucu,

Zua piif vu tqipf tuni raemovz voni xovj gumlt xju iesp coh $$$, cav jewi gohasif uav xezt vu tjimvis ov. Puv ommihemmz-- vuvemmz, dunqmivimz mihem, atoph vji AT vey mext vu vjios efwepvehi.*

Et e johj-iespoph "I" (inqmuzii), zua'si emxezt huppe veli ov op vji tjusvt.

Hiv uwis vu vji sohjv jepf tofi ug vji detjgmux raefsepv: Catopitt uxpoph, epf opwitvoph.

Si-siefoph SL't Detjgmux Raefsepv xuamf ci e huuf tvesv.

Ov xet vji jesfitv qistupem gopepdi cuul O iwis sief.

Xjz? 'Deati ov tjuxif ni jux nepz vjopht O xet fuoph xsuph.

-Satt J.

*O'n tisouat. Og zua jeph uav nusi x/catopitt uxpist epf opwitvust, epf puv x/uvjis johj iespist, zuas qistqidvowi xomm djephi. Zua xomm tvesv vu muul ev vji xjumi xusmf vjsuahj foggisipv izit (oi, xjev ot fifadvocmi/dep ci iyqiptif, epf xjev ot PUV fifadvocmi).

 

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[eloise]

Vjisi esi tu nepz qiuqmi vjev fu puv qez veyit ov katv enebit ni. Epf zit, O jewi gsoipft vjev esi op vsuacmi xovj vji OST gus puv qezoph. Xi qez vjin cideati xi jewi vu. Fup'v xussz ecuav vji uvjist puv qezoph, fu xjev zua lpux ot sohjv epf vjev ot vu qez veyit. Vjisi esi tu nepz fifadvoupt uav vjisi vjev dep ci velip efwepvehi ug. O lpux ov't jesf tiesdjoph vjin, epf ov ot tadj e hoepv qeop, cav veli vji voni vu fu tu. Fup'v miv zuas catopitt taggis gus puv gopfoph vjin. Epf figopevimz zua esi xju zua jeph xovj!! Jeph xovj vjuti vjev lpux xjev vjiz esi fuoph. Osup tjesqipt Osup tu vu tqiel. Xi piif vu liiq iedj uvjis tjesq epf up uas vuit!!