[quote=asianautica][quote=esmith]
That’s not even the problem. The problem is that Obama appears to be more or less honest (“i’ll try to be fiscally responsible but i’ll have to raise taxes on the rich a little bit”) McCain, like Bush, is simply a populist (“i’ll lower taxes for everyone! vote for me! in the mean time i’ll continue running record high budget deficits so your dollars will be worth less and less“)
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Since I don’t like either candidates and their plan, I’ll just stay out of the debate of who’s better. But my perfect candidate would say “I’ll lower everyone’s taxes and I’ll do A, B, C, D, etc to cut government spending so that we can have low taxes and reduce our deficit at the same time.”

The only reason I brought up the nursing family example is to show how 2 middle class jobs can get to $250k and therefore, $250k is not rich. They’re well off, yes, but not rich. Isn’t this the whole point with rewarding work vs wealth?[/quote]

Aren’t they still being rewarded? They’re making within about 10-15% of 2x what they’d be making if they were working half the hours. Their spendable (after tax) income is (at a rough guesstimate) a bit over 6K/mo more than if they were working 40hrs/each and making 125K/mo combined. I’d consider that a pretty good chunk of cash.

My apologies if I fail to cry for someone who is taking full advantage of our economic system, and therefore may be asked to foot a bit more of the bill therefrom than someone who is not benefitting as much from the economic system.