I have no sympathy left for the “poor” or the “middle class” in America anymore. I would like to see massive taxes levied on EVERY American citizen, so that they can finally understand just what they are doing to America with their votes. The lefty (and righty) politicians who are spending our nation into insolvency have successfully disengaged about half the population from finacial responsibility. There is no cause and effect to learn from. As long as a large portion of our population isn’t paying their fair share of our increasingly massive debt, their will be no hue and cry from the population, to not only stop the excess spending but also to begin paying off the debt. The unwashed masses in America have been hoodwinked into thinking that “the rich” can afford to pay back the debts incurred by Washington. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you confiscated 100% of the income of the highest 2% of income earners in America, you couldn’t even balance the annual budget. We will never get well until the “poor” and the “middle class” finally start paying THEIR fair share and modifying their voting behavior.
I agree. With so many millions of people with “no skin in the game”, it is easy for them to continue to think things are great as long as their freebies keep coming.