Tax Cut for the Wealthiest Will Cost America $700B

[Jermyn Davidson]

It will cost America 700 Billion dollars in revenue to extend the taxes on the "wealthiest".

I understand the argument that the wealthiest contribute to the national economy-- but not every "wealthy" person contribute to the economy in the way that employs people.

Further, it's in their best interest to invest and grow their companies-- they will do this regardless.

Why shouldn't the wealthy do what they can to help their country?

Whatever happened to, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"?




Oh that's right, that only applies to the poor in order to motivate them to send their sons and daughters to fight and die in unnecessary wars while the sons and daughters of the wealthiest can party it up at college.


I guess the wealthiest Americans seem to always get the tough breaks in life.

Let's not tax them at all so! We owe rich people so much!
(I would compare this to Affirmative Action-- but tax cuts for the wealthiest is special treatment for people who are not disadvantaged, neither is there a risk of their marginilization in our capitalist society.)