Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?

[jashburne (jashburne]

This is the problem with a "soak the rich" philosophy.  Already we have 
accepted a very progressive tax structure in which the top 5 percent of earners 
pay half or more of total tax revenues and the bottom 45 pct pay no income 
taxes at all.

When the president elect says that increasing the top tax rate from 36 pct to 
39.6 pct is only "chump change" to a million dollar earner when it is really a 
tax increase of $36,000 a year, this country is in big trouble.

This is dangerous because politicians don't care about losing 5 pct of the vote 
when they can promise tax cuts or checks to the other 95 pct.

There is a limit to how far the government can force fewer and fewer people to 
carry more and more of the tax burden and we may be approaching it.  If we are 
careful the most productive sectors will leave and this economy will spiral 
downward. 

Rant off

John
------Original Message------
From: Matt Boyd
Sender: 
To: jashburne [at] aol.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Sent: Nov 12, 2008 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?

Right!  They're rich enough, so we should just extract the $$ from
them.  If they can afford a gold stripe, they certainly should pay
some money to the government!

:-?

-matt
'85 euro 308....with no gas guzzler fine...

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Michael James
<cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> LOL, you're funny Larry.
>
> NEVER have I heard someone wanting to buy a new Ferrari walk into a 
> dealership and go:  "Damn, I could 'just' afford a new 430, but I can't 
> afford the car with that Gas Guzzler tax added on!  My dreams are over, I'm 
> going to have to go buy a Buick now.....Damn those Washington Socialists, 
> boo-hoo.....sniff..."
>
> Please - buyers are spending several thousand$$$ extra to have those gold 
> stripes painted on their Scuderia's hood to match the color of the rims and 
> have the seat-stitching threads contrast the seat leather.  Do you think any 
> of these 'extras' make the car go faster?  These folks don't care about the 
> money, good for them.  Care to guess that the California won't sell well, 
> even in this economy?
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