Post #301 "It's class warfare..."

... said the rich man.

Yes, it is.

After 30 years of being trickled on, We the People want our country back from the political elite who rob from the poor and give to the rich. The difference between the "haves" and the "have nots" is greater now than anytime since the Great Depression started. It's pretty obvious who has been waging 'war' on whom, and now is the time for We the People to fight back.

Yes, 'class warfare' is on.

Let me be clear. The wealth gap doesn't bother me; the way the gap has widened does -- gifts to the rich and corporations and policies that ensure their gifts remain gifts with no strings attached. We the People don't want to punish those who have achieved the American dream and those who have achieved the American dream don't want to punish their fellow citizens. Stop trying to divide us, Mr. 'Class Warfare' Republican!

President Barack Obama has proposed to make sure those making more than $1 million a year pay at least the same rate as middle-income taxpayers -- Obama will call it the "Buffett Rule." Billionaire Warren Buffett said that the wealthy are sometimes effectively taxed at a lower rate than others -- investment income is taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income.

Duh. Income is income. Who's responsible for saying investment income is not 'real' income?

As I researched as to why Republicans were so upset by this leveling of the playing field -- I mean, beside the obvious of an uppity black man doing the proposing, a recurring theme was that this would hurt small businesses. So, I found on the FOX Business 'site interviews with small business owners as to how the "Buffett Rule" would effect them. All of the interviewees said that it would not effect them because they did not make more than $1 million a year.

And then it dawned on me: A business that makes more than $1 million a year is not exactly "small."

But... but... but... class warfare is bad. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, obviously hit hard by the recession [rolleyes] -- he now ranks 12th on the list of wealthiest Senators up from 38th at the beginning of the recession in 2008, said:

"We can't let the people who've been hit hardest by this recession and who we need to create the jobs that will get us out of it foot the bill for the Democrats' two-year adventure in expanded government."

Republican populism at its best! Concern and compassion for those who still can pay for their food, who still can live in comfort and luxury, who aren't losing their jobs and health insurance in great numbers, and who aren't living paycheck to paycheck.

Of course, too, McConnell forgets his own role in that runaway train of expanded government.

Mr. McConnell, you are on the losing side. We the People will see to it.