[lewislynn]

Locke is right. It's not fair "The top 50 percent pay 96 percent of the total bill " since government spending is out of control, the timing is perfect. There should be a major tax shift raising all the lower tax brackets, then lowering the upper ones to help the poor darlings at the top and squelch the hopes for those at the bottom for ever getting ahead.

[Tralfaze McWatt]

We need Federal envy crime legislation to complement Federal hate crime legislation. Envy crimes should be punished with the same force as hate crimes. Enhanced punishment for envy crimes should send a lot of demorat supporters to the electric chair or the gas chamber.

[NittanyLion]

There should be a major tax shift raising all the lower tax brackets, then lowering the upper ones to help the poor darlings at the top and squelch the hopes for those at the bottom for ever getting ahead.

Seeing as how the poor don't pay any income tax already, anything paid would constitute a major shift, I suppose. I would suggest lowering the tax burden on the "rich" by a drop in the marginal rates. I would lower the burden on the "poor" (and rich) by privatizing Social Security. Of course, this would require a simultaneous and massive spending cut.