Anonymous wrote:I do not care about inequality between the levels of income-earners (class is the wrong world for American society). What I care about is mobility - how hard or easy is it to move up the income layers if someone wants to do so. That's what matters.

. Ding ding ding.... Winner.

Socialism and centralized government destroys this engine of prosperity. Dreams should be made as easy as possible to be realized. Liberals dreams smell like mothballs.

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at what is happening over in France since corporate rates were increased . Nightmare in the making.

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I do not care about inequality between the levels of income-earners (class is the wrong world for American society). What I care about is mobility - how hard or easy is it to move up the income layers if someone wants to do so. That's what matters.

Anonymous wrote:The war is between productive people and lazy people. The productive people will win. Lazy people are easy to conquer.

Are you saying that the 99% aren't productive?

The irony is that too much inequality is bad for the 1% by slowing the rate at which they get richer. A robust consumer class is more profitable for everyone.

Take a look at what is happening over in France since corporate rates were increased . Nightmare in the making.

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting to me that you, OP, seem to believe that by not being in the 1%, you, however, have some claim to what is their's. I'm not sure exactly why you feel that way or what makes you think you are entitled to make any claim on them. I'm not in the 1%, either, but those that support Romney (which is a whole lot more people that just those in the 1%) don't feel like they are entitled to anybody else's stuff and recognize that we can't spend $$ like we have been in this county. The Left loves the class warfare stuff becuase they can make it sound as though if the rich just paid more taxes our country's spending problem would just go away. That is not the case and all the while, we're creating a culture that demonizes success.

Great. Show your commitment by stepping up to defense cuts. Let me hear it. Let your candidate hear it.

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting to me that you, OP, seem to believe that by not being in the 1%, you, however, have some claim to what is their's. I'm not sure exactly why you feel that way or what makes you think you are entitled to make any claim on them. I'm not in the 1%, either, but those that support Romney (which is a whole lot more people that just those in the 1%) don't feel like they are entitled to anybody else's stuff and recognize that we can't spend $$ like we have been in this county. The Left loves the class warfare stuff becuase they can make it sound as though if the rich just paid more taxes our country's spending problem would just go away. That is not the case and all the while, we're creating a culture that demonizes success.

Everyone benefits from government. Public schools, fire departments, police, ambulances, hospitals, colleges, roads, jails, and more. We all get cheaper food because of the HUGE farm subsidies paid out by the government.

And yes, if the rich paid more in taxes, the economy would do better. That's been the case historically since Reagan proved trickle down economics didn't work. When you cut taxes, the wealthiest make more, but regular people don't benefit. The Republicans are selling you a lie, and because it sounds morally good to you, you believe it.

Plus conservatives love to spend as well. They just spend on different things, like the military. They have no moral highground when it comes to being fiscally responsible. Another myth.

Nobody is demonizing success. People who work hard and who are lucky lead much better lives than those who cannot or choose not to work hard. I'd pick a $250K HHI and paying lots of taxes over a $40K HHI who gets a lot of benefits and tax breaks any day. I've lived both, and the quarter million wins out in every single aspect. That's your reward for your hard work. Don't be so stingy.

Anonymous wrote:I guess if I were part of the top 1%, I'd be upset about people riLing up the other 99%. It is so ridiculous to hear Republicans complain that Democrats are engaging in class warfare. The top 1% has been at war with the rest of us for years. We are just starting to realize there are more or us than them. Vote the bums out of Congress. Give the President a Congress that will work with him.

What have they been doing?

If you have a problem with corporations getting government breaks, blame both parties. I'll be right there with you.

But what is your beef with individual high income earners? I'm in the top 1%. I employ other people, I pay high taxes, I give to charity. I'm not making my money through theft. What exactly am I doing to you that counts as warfare?

Class Warfare just doesn't make sense as a concept. It just seems to be a rallying cry that the wealthy use when some argument threatens the preferential treatment that they receive income wise, education wise, network wise and most importantly - from the law enforcement community. Paleeeeze. There is nothing wrong with expecting the Bush tax cuts to expire, as they were designed to do when they were passed, and it doesn't mean that we want to redistribute anyone's wealth.

It's interesting to me that you, OP, seem to believe that by not being in the 1%, you, however, have some claim to what is their's. I'm not sure exactly why you feel that way or what makes you think you are entitled to make any claim on them. I'm not in the 1%, either, but those that support Romney (which is a whole lot more people that just those in the 1%) don't feel like they are entitled to anybody else's stuff and recognize that we can't spend $$ like we have been in this county. The Left loves the class warfare stuff becuase they can make it sound as though if the rich just paid more taxes our country's spending problem would just go away. That is not the case and all the while, we're creating a culture that demonizes success.

Anonymous wrote:The war is between productive people and lazy people. The productive people will win. Lazy people are easy to conquer.

Glad to know the republicans love class warfare.

The war is between productive people and lazy people. The productive people will win. Lazy people are easy to conquer.

Here's a nice article about the plusses and minuses of income inequality and the call to class warfare.

http://www.economist.com/node/21564556

I guess if I were part of the top 1%, I'd be upset about people riLing up the other 99%. It is so ridiculous to hear Republicans complain that Democrats are engaging in class warfare. The top 1% has been at war with the rest of us for years. We are just starting to realize there are more or us than them. Vote the bums out of Congress. Give the President a Congress that will work with him.