[quote=SD Realtor]
Why should someone who has worked hard and earned wealth have to contribute more to the government then anybody else?
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For every person you show me who “pulled themselves up by their bootstraps”, I can show you an Angelo Mozilo or a Bernie Ebbers or tens of thousands who got their jobs through family connections. Do you think George W. Bush would’ve gotten into Yale if his daddy wasn’t George Bush?
You are doing what every faux conservative/capitalist does: romanticizing the American system. Those at the top generally didn’t get their on their own just as those at the bottom didn’t get stuck at the bottom all on their own. It’s tough to escape poverty if you are born into it. It is also tough to escape a life of wealth and leisure if you are born into it (witness Paris Hilton).
All Obama proposes to do is to increase the marginal wages of the super-rich a few percentage points. It’s not nearly as big of a deal as all the faux conservatives/capitalists make it out to be.
[quote=SD Realtor]
Why should you Breeze pay less then say me? Here are my numbers. You can assume I make 10k or 100k or 1M it doesn’t matter. Just tell me why you should pay less then me.
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Why should you pay less than me? Somebody’s got to pay and I’m of the opinion that the super-rich have not been paying their fair share and should pay more. Feel free to vote for McCain if you want to see more tax cuts for the super-wealthy.
