Bob Klahn -> John Massey wrote:

 BK>  ...

 RS>>> Try actually listening to Obama.

 RS>>> He will increase taxes *ONLY* on those who got the big fat Bush
 BK> tax cuts,
 RS>>> those making hundreds of thousands or more a year.

 JM>> That's called wealth re-distribution.

 BK>  No, it's not. It's called taxing those who have money to pay.

A rose by any other name. It's still an attempt at wealth re-distribution.



 BK>  Years ago I read that the Reagan administration presided over
 BK>  the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of the world,
 BK>  from the poor and middle class to the rich. It has continued and
 BK>  accellerated under Bush. Look at the distribution of income and
 BK>  wealth in this country, and how it was in the past. The rich
 BK>  have really gotten richer, and the poor really are getting
 BK>  poorer, as are the middle class.

 BK>  What part of the secretary pays a higher tax rate than the
 BK>  billionaire has escaped you?

The secretary is likely to pay far less in total taxes than the billionaire.

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