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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't it possible that they actually DO have middle class values.

Isn't it possible that they came from a family where neither parent went to college - they were the first person in their entire family to go to college.   They paid their own way, worked jobs, took out loans, got grades, got a degree, got a good job, worked hard (because of their parent's example), played it smart, listened, learned and made smart decisions in both their career and with their finances.

Today they're reaping the benefits of their hard work.   They realize that what they have is a direct result of their hard work and their commitment to doing things the right way.

Because the now make a lot of money, it is theirs to spend - they have walked the path and worked hard.   Maybe they are spenders, maybe they are savers, but they are entitled to say that they have middle class values.

You can have a million dollar income and middle class values.   The two aren't mutually exclusive.  [/quote]

Yea, but your line of thinking is not conducive to class warfare. If you want a small segment of the population to bear the brunt of the tax burden, you must make them out to be "different", and vilify them in the eyes of the masses. There's no mention of hard work, but rather luck, privilege, inheritance, good old boys network - anything to dilute the success to the point where people feel that they've been victimized, and therefore these undeserving "rich people who make more than $250k" must be made to pay a little bit more to make it more "fair". [/quote]

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