Ben Stein says that taxes has to be raised on the rich....

[richardhutnik]

MDMAlliance said:

klystron said:

With all due respect to Dr. Stein, I suggest he and you all watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=661pi6K-8WQ and see why the rich don't have enough money to run our bloated government.

That video you linked, that guy is twisting things a lot and obviously has some kind of superiority complex.  So many things were neglected in that video that it's stupid.  One obvious thing that is missing is pretty much any form of tax coming from anywhere else.  Where does sales tax go?  Where does everyone elses taxes go?  What about all the other taxes that we have that aren't just taxes on corporations and income?  Also, those numbers he mentioned ARE significant.  Significant enough to the point where balancing the increase of taxes with cuts in spending where they are questionable could pull us out of a deficit.  That video is overly biased.

edit: also when he mentioned the military, he should have doubled the amount due to the fact that if that were to happen, the deficit would have decreased by that same amount, in theory.

Ben Stein, as numbers of others who have had ties to Republican administrations and have a background in economics (Ben Stein does have a college degree in economics and has adviced individuals in Washington on economic policy) that budget cuts alone isn't going to be enough to get the budget balanced.  Taxes are going to have to be raised, because revenues are too low.  They would rather not do this, but it is seen as a necessity.  And it isn't about "let's punish the rich and successful!" but rather "What way does the least harm to the least amount of people?"