“You’re arguing for the class warfare approach. I’m putting in 70 hour weeks. I consider myself a “working person” with that level of effort.”
And you’re being dismissive. Figuring anyone who isn’t at your income level is some sort of sloth. I am not in the wealthy category, but definitely not poor, and not union.
Letting me keep a little more of my money drives the economy. I do spend money. I freely admit, I’m not a job creator. But the job creators seem to have focused their efforts on China and India.
Yeah, I’ll admit, it chaps my behind that they want to fight like heck to avoid taxes on the wealthy, but when it comes to raising MY taxes. No problem.
It is the "wealthy" aka small business owners who will be hit with these tax hikes. They are also the employers. They will do what is necessary to survive. Higher taxes means they have less money to spend on labor and their customers have less disposable income to spend on their products. More people will be put on the streets with no pay check. It's a stupid way to run a country.