Besides, I'm hearing that liberals are moving to Canada. Maybe some are getting out before Edwards takes "it away by force from them".
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Truly rich people and truly big corporations have plenty of loopholes, tax shelters, and lawyers to enable them to evade any taxes the Democrats enact. In fact, those “liberal” taxes and regulations mostly harm small business and middle class people, which actually benefits the rich by wiping out the potential competition.
In addition, a lot of rich people today didn’t really have to work all that hard to get their wealth. In the old days, you’d hear of some guy who grew up on the streets, but through hard work built an empire. Most of these modern well-to-do suburbanites came from fairly well-off households to begin with. They never really had to struggle. Their daddy put them through college and they then got involved with a hedge fund through family friends. Or they sued someone for malpractice and raked in $20 million in one big swoop. Or they happen to be good looking and photogenic so they became the next big thing in Hollywood or the music industry.
In addition, rich people benefit from the illegal alien invasion (which drives down wages). They also feel sort of god-like so they become “socially liberal” on things such as abortion, homosexuality, feminism, and secularism. They even regard themselves as too big for America itself, so they sign on with a clown like Ned Lamont when he preaches one-worldism and quotes John Lennon’s “Imagine”.
Those are all generalities, of course, but quite a large percentage of the rich are not only left, but ultra-left. I remember old time Democrats like Scoop Jackson. He was a “liberal” who supported big spending on social programs and labor union issues, but he would never have supported the Cindy Sheehan crowd or same sex “marriage”. Today, the exotic left controls the Democrat Party, and they appeal to trial lawyers, technocrats, hedge fund managers, and the like, not factory workers.
Because the politics of this country is no longer about economics.
These arrivistes hate the white middle class and lower class with a passion, and since their gated communities and private police allow them to strictly regulate how much diversity they experience, life is sweet.
Because they are already rich, and the tax burden and regulation hurts their smaller, up-and-coming competition more than it hurts them. They've got lobbyists and congressmen to write loopholes into the code for themselves.
The truly rich don’t pay any taxes, all their money is safely parked in tax free assets, like municipal bonds. Anyone who thinks a really rich person will pay significant taxes is not informed about the way things really work. The “rich” in this instance are what the Democrats call anyone who makes over $100,000. The pathetic thing is there are many people who truly believe $100,000 is a wealthy person.
The truly rich don’t pay any taxes, all their money is safely parked in tax free assets, like municipal bonds. Anyone who thinks a really rich person will pay significant taxes is not informed about the way things really work. The “rich” in this instance are what the Democrats call anyone who makes over $100,000. The pathetic thing is there are many people who truly believe $100,000 is a wealthy person.