In response to President Obama's adoption of Warren Buffet's suggestion that millionaires should pay a higher rate in taxes – perhaps the same percentage as middle-class workers – the Republicans were quick to call it 'Class Warfare'. I found that an entertaining comment, since I have felt for many years that we were in a type of class warfare, and that the rich people were winning. I and most of the middle class people I know have been slipping further and further down the societal ladder toward poverty. And though we might complain, for the most part, WE do not object to paying our 'fair share' of taxes.
They also quickly figured out that 'it wouldn't work'. If they raised the rate of taxes on millionaires, well there aren't that many of them, and the results would be a mere fraction of what's needed to balance the budget.
Obviously, they are far too rich to have any idea how to make a real budget work. Maybe we need a few middle-class (sliding towards poverty) housewives to work on the national budget. They're the ones who know that if you have a big bill that absolutely must be covered right away, you aren't likely to find that much money in any one place. They know you have to look for that money a nickel at a time. If you can find a way to bring in even just one more dollar to help pay that bill, then that makes it that much easier. If I have an unexpected bill of $500, and I'm trying to get it paid by looking for nickels... Don't tell me a 'mere fraction' won't do any good.
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