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Although I could have picked out any one of a hundred posts expousing your like-minded views, I think yours is fairly representative of the sentimental 'I'm envious and what's in it for me' bilge that has infected public policy disputes. The entire tax policy debate has been reduced to class warfare and accusations of "greed", a bitter argument over peter robbing paul and which peters are going to walk away with the gang's loot.
This attitude reminds me of the Seinfeld episode, when George Costanza is trying to secure a posh rent-controlled apartment (the loot) by selling his "virtue" as a pathetic and helpless victim. George whines to the controlling board how he was handcuffed to a bed in his underwear by a Nazi, drivel about his sexual embarrassment, and how all of this "are simply, horrifyingly, the story of my life as a short, stocky, slow witted bald man.".
However, he does not really secure it until he adds, upon leaving, that "Oh, also... my fiancé died from licking toxic envelopes that I picked out.", after which sobs and loud crying erupts from the board members.
That is the moral corruption of contemporary America - everyone seeking deserving goodies by the "virtue" of showing themselves a part of the most pathetic and helpless group - someone deserving of some special treatment that, if they don't get, makes the other guy "greedy".
I don't think you understood the content of my post. I want to give more back to society, i'm paying too little in taxes. That's wholly incompatible with your silly accusation that i'm envious. There's no envy in this for me. It's about what's best for my fellow humans, who i care about.
It's trivially obvious that a bill which will raise taxes on half of Americans while handing out $500 billion to wealthy foreigners is bad for this country and its people. There's literally no economic argument that can justify this bill, even trickle down.