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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the 500k poster -- not the same person who said she couldn't find money to replace a 12 year old car.  The 12 year old car poster said they made considerably less.  (Coincidentially, I have a 10 year old car that I am not going to replace unless it dies on me, but yes, I could find the money to replace it if I really wanted to.)

But the larger point is that it is hard to vote for higher taxes, despite the possible  social implications of voting for Romney.  We will pay almost 200k in taxes this year.  We feel that at some point, and it is hard to say exactly where that point is, it is more than our fair share. [b] We come from lower middle class families and have worked very, very hard for what we have.  We have student loan debt.  Our parents will soon likely need financial help from us.  We have members of our extended families who could also use some help.[/b]  We pay for private school for three kids, due to the horrid public school options available to us.  Because we are not the super wealthy, we don't have unearned investment income or second homes or any "loopholes" available to us.  We live in an economically diverse area where, yes, we see people living in housing projects with Escalades and expensive sneakers and we are bitter.  We know, in our heads, that not everyone is like that -- that the people taking advantage are a small fraction.  But it is getting harder and harder to fork over the 200k without feeling like something needs to change, like we are supporting those that are perfectly able yet not WILLING to support themselves.   [/quote]

Pretty much the same here, but I make less than $50K per year.

The programs that irritate you are not the big items in the budget. The problem is that making changes to significant things is political suicide. No one wants to touch it. [/quote]

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