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It's one side saying, "We can't afford to pay more taxes." and the other side saying, "We refuse to pay more taxes. We were going tocreate jobsuse automation to save on labor costs with that money."
I can at least afford to pay what I already have deducted every pay period...but they give me about 75% of that back every year. I could probably afford another 3-5% of my income in taxes if I really had to. I don't even make 30k/year, but I make responsible decisions with my money, I accept that I don't need designer clothing and 52" flat screen televisions in every room of my house. I make goals and I save until I can afford whatever that goal will cost me. I live within my means. And yet when taxes come up it's always everybody but the "rich", which is just some arbitrary identifier used to identify anybody making more than the poster, is in dire straights and can't afford to be robbed of their money.
The reality is, most of this country is - or should be - doing fine with the money they make. The fact that they aren't doesn't mean that the "rich" should pay more so the rest of us don't have to. People need to be realistic with their money and their obligations (personal and public) and stop passing the buck to the next guy up the line. The class warfare bull**** we've bought into needs to stop.