I believe I linked some earlier. We talked about corporate welfare, about who uses the courts and other services, and about an educated work force. We dicussed the bailouts, and the breaks. But here's some more:
Middle class income has not risen in thirty years, while the speculators and the loan sharks who are responsible for this current crisis still get their inflated bonuses.
How do the rich make their profits? Do they manufacture goods? Then they must ship them on the roads and rails that are built with public money. Did they invent Ebay or Facebook? Then they profit from the internet which was developed originally with government support. Do they hire workers? Then much of their workforce has been educated and trained in public schools, community colleges, universities that are publicly funded. All business and commerce depends on the common infrastructure. Those who benefit extraordinarily from the commons must contribute back their fair share. If they do not, they siphon wealth away from the rest of us. They are asking us to subsidize their luxuries while we pinch pennies and scrape the bottom of the pan.
Some people might say that the rich deserve their golden hordes, that they earn their wealth by providing jobs. But subsidizing the wealthy at the expense of the rest of us does not create jobs--witness the current levels of unemployment! Moreover, it comes at the direct expense of the real, productive work of the world. Those who choose professions that involve caring for others, nurturing children, teaching, nursing, healing, farming, providing food, clothing and shelter surely deserve rewards for their labor. Now they are being asked to forego the pensions they counted upon for comfort in their old age, the health care they need to remain strong, the education that could allow their children to thrive, the homes they've scrimped and saved for, and to mortage their grandchildren's futures all so that the ultra-rich who profit from their work can avoid their share of our common social responsibilities.
On Faith Panelists Blog: The rich benefit from society and should give back - Starhawk
Urbanomics: How the rich and poor benefit from government
Raise taxes on the rich | Marketplace From American Public Media
Now anyone can do this google search thingie. Just follow the posts of the prof. But the point is, the rich get a bunch from the government. More than poor, and **** lot more than the middle class. I can find the worlds smallest violin for them if you want. :coffeepap