| MidnightRider85 said: Listening to Obama, he says he doesn't want to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000.00 to pay for the healthcare plan. Now, in my opinion, if people are making over $250,000.00 and have way more than they need to survive, but are refusing to help people that are making less than $25,000.00 to be able to have quality healthcare and other things that are ncessary to enjoy all of the positive aspects of the American Dream and American Way of life, then they are flying in the face of all of the most positive aspects of Western morality and philosophy -- The Golden Rule, Jesus' moral teachings, and should eventually reap the fruits of what they are sowing. What greedy, rich people fear the most is that the vast majority of poor people will one day wake up and see the inequality of life and run riot much as the zombies in films like Romero's Night of the Living Dead Trilogy do. |
Obama also promised that he would drive down the cost of drugs and all negotiations with lobbyists would be done in public ...
Now, the vast majority of companies in the United States are considered small businesses and the vast majority of high income earners are owners of these small businesses. For the most part you can't seperate these people's personal income with their corporate income, and any increase in taxes will likely translate into passing on the increase in taxes through cost cutting measures (including lower employment and wage reductions to their employees) or by increasing the cost of the goods and services they provide to others. In the end the standard of living of the "Wealthy" doesn't change but the standard of living of people who have limited capacity to pass on costs are heavily altered.
To make my point clearer ... If you could "Tax" people to provide more equity wouldn't the United States have one of the most equal distribution of wealth due to their (insane) progressive taxation policy?
