Class warfare the right wing started.
Hello:
Have you heard right wingers complain about the 50% of Americans who pay NO federal taxes? Of course, you have. What do you think the wingers are trying to say?? Seems to me, they're trying to say that the POOR should pay more taxes... Doesn't it seem like it to you??
Then, when Democrats suggest raising taxes on the super duper wealthy, they're accused of class warfare. Hmmm?? That ain't right. It ain't right at all.
Before we get into it, I want to define "shared sacrifice". It's NOT the wealthy paying for everything... It's NOT the poor or the middle class paying for everything... It's SHARED. It's like that HUGE log a team of Nave Seal recruits are required to carry... You know the one.
Now, with a dozen people carrying the log, it really wouldn't be too heavy if one of the guys stopped for a smoke.. The others COULD carry the load. But, they'd NOTICE that somebody thought he wasn't required to share, and they WOULDN'T like it one bit. Will sharing make the difference between the log getting carried or not? No, but it WILL make a difference in how everybody FEELS about each other.
What's so hard about that?
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