{"id":168,"date":"2013-03-18T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2014-03-28T02:05:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T07:05:06","slug":"the-parable-of-the-golden-goose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/the-parable-of-the-golden-goose\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flight of the Golden Geese (a parable)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend, Toronto attorney\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesperanceassociates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Lesperance<\/a>, created an excellent video parable to explain what happens, as the government continues to demand that the wealthy pay increasingly larger and disproportional amounts of tax, in order to support the government&#8217;s unbridled spending and for transfers of wealth to corporate &#8220;Friends of Obama&#8221; or &#8220;Friends of Bush&#8221; or &#8220;Friends of Bill&#8221; or friends of whatever other person happens to be president at the time, or to those who are just too lazy to go out and earn a living for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is only an animated parable. To learn what&#8217;s really happening, read\u00a0<strong>&#8220;<a title=\"Order your copy of &quot;The Rich Don't Pay Tax! \u2026Or Do They?&quot; now.\" href=\"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Rich Don&#8217;t Pay Tax! \u2026Or Do They?<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>\u00a0It&#8217;s loaded with facts and figures, but written in easy-to-comprehend language, so even liberals can understand it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u69VNU4pJ4I\" height=\"384\" width=\"512\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;ve watched the parable of The Flight of the Golden Geese, consider that since Obama took office and began his &#8220;Soak the Rich&#8221; agenda, formal renunciations of U.S. citizenship have increased 13-fold. As you look at the chart below, keep in mind that these numbers represent only those who had a net worth of $2,000,000 on the day before expatriation or had earned $124,000 per year for each of the five years prior to renunciation, based on 2006 dollars and indexed to inflation. That puts every person represented on this chart well within the top 10% of income earners or <strong>those who pay more than 70% of all federal personal income tax<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"zoomimg\" href=\"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/expat-chart-2013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Taxpat Chart for 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/expat-chart-2013.jpg\" width=\"1317\" height=\"851\" \/><br \/>\nHover over image to view at full size.<span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/expat-chart-2013.jpg\" height=\"851\" width=\"1317\" marginwidth=\"2\" marginheight=\"2\" scrolling=\"auto\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Renunciation History<\/strong> (This frame may be scrolled if it doesn&#8217;t fit your browser window.)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, with this accelerating expatriation rate in mind, think about the parable of The Flight of the Golden Geese and then ask yourself, &#8220;Who is going to fund the USA, when the Golden Geese are gone?&#8221; Can you afford to pay triple what you currently pay in U.S. income tax? That&#8217;s what would happen if we lost most of the top 10% of income earners. Furthermore, at the current rate, we could easily lose well over half of that group before Obama leaves office, if we don&#8217;t stop Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Soak the Rich&#8221; agenda soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0<em>&#8220;<a title=\"Order your copy of &quot;The Rich Don't Pay Tax! \u2026Or Do They?&quot; now.\" href=\"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Rich Don&#8217;t Pay Tax! \u2026Or Do They?<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>to learn how this parable is playing out in the real world.<\/p>\nFollow us on social media<br><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheRichDontPayTaxOrDoThey\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Origintent\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-rss nolightbox\" data-provider=\"rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/therichdontpaytax\/zXWb\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rss\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/rss.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-youtube nolightbox\" data-provider=\"youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFj6C1fqOfBvvbev9x1d-hw\/videos\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"youtube\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/youtube.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend, Toronto attorney\u00a0David Lesperance, created an excellent video parable to explain what happens, as the government continues to demand that the wealthy pay increasingly larger and disproportional amounts of tax, in order to support the government&#8217;s unbridled spending and &hellip; 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