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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pitting one economic class against the other is class warfare.  It is stirring up hatred and divisiveness in this country.  Obama uses this rhetoric again and again to further his socialist agenda and our country is more polarized than ever.  [/quote]

I don't believe that a tax code change qualifies as pitting one economic class against the other. Otherwise, Bush is guilty of class warfare.[/quote]

Right, that's the part I don't understand. [i][b] Right now we've got historically low tax rates. [/b][/i] Raising those rates by some percentage is a legitimate policy option.  How on Earth is talking about that option "warfare"?  Are the wingnuts who want to privatize social security engaging in "class warfare" too?[/quote]

Is that right? I am finding it hard to believe the conflicting sources I find online.

Here is my position. My DH and I make 400K a year. It's a lot, I know. (Trust me, I know because I did not come from any money at all.) But our effective tax rate is 50% (state, federal, SS, etc.). We have kids. It's frustrating to go to school for a long time, put in the years, work long hours, give[b] half[/b] of your money to the government, and then be told you aren't giving enough. You are selfish and greedy.

Can you see why that might frustrate me?

And before someone goes there, let me say that just because I have worked long and hard it does not mean I don't realize that many people have worked long and hard to make much less. I know they have.  I don't think that justifies a 50% effective tax rate.[/quote]

No, because the proposed tax changes don't affect you.  You would have to make 2.5 times that before the first penny of extra tax would come out of your pocket.[/quote]

I'm not talking about any particular tax change. I'm talking about the "class warfare" in which people argue that the wealthy aren't paying enough. Everyone agrees that a couple making 400K a year is wealthy. And if you ask people on the street, many will say that those people aren't paying enough in taxes. If they don't say that, they sure don't sound grateful for the 50% we are contributing. I'm not looking for gratitude but I don't want to be told I don't pay my fair share and that I should [i]start [/i]giving something back.

By the way, according to our accountant some of the proposals floating around Congress would increase our tax rates. [/quote]

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