[quote=paramount][quote=CA renter]rich people who buy and sell existing assets (creating nothing/zero sum) while thinking that they are entitled to special tax treatment and who have managed to convince themselves that they are somehow “special” and superior to everybody else.[/quote]
That sounds like the definition of a California gov’t worker.[/quote]
Government workers aren’t asking for any kind of special tax treatment (they’re often the ones paying a higher tax rate than the speculators), nor do they think they’re better than anyone else.