MaggieD
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class warfare is the main argument obama will use in 2012. He will whine about the "rich" not paying their fair share when they are actually the only group that pays more of the income tax burden than their share of the income. If the GOP agreed to a tax hike on the "rich" they are playing into this class warfare scheme. If they agreed to a tax hike on the middle class even worse. why couldn't the dems start with spending cuts? why should someone like me pay any more taxes when I already pay more than millions upon millions of MIDDLE CLASS people pay in income taxes?
and why should ANYONE pay a dime more until this malignant bloated government can prove it is willing to tighten its belt. the dems wanted tax hikes to JUSTIFY even more social (ie VOTE BUYING) spending
A 1% tax increase means nothing to you, if you are who you claim to be. You stand on principle. I respect your right to do that, but understand that tax hikes are coming. And they are not going to be assessed against those 47% who don't pay any. Not any time soon, anyhow. I completely disagree with that, but that's not the point. Reality's the point. And the reality is that we need a combination of tax increases and spending cuts to get out of the mess we're in.