[driftless2]

The difference between a liberal and a leftist is that while most liberals think, however wrongheaded, taking from the rich will help the poor, they don't want to destroy capitalism. Leftists are quite different. Leftists want to punish the rich. Leftists want to either severely limit the free-market system or destroy capitalism altogether.

The Dems used to be made up of more liberals than leftists. That was bad enough i.e. LBJ's Great Society, but now more and more Dems are leftists. They want to punish the rich even though a sizable percentage of Dems are very wealthy like Warren Buffett. Even supposed conservative Ben Stein thinks taxing the rich more will help balance the budget. He's full of bananas, but more and more people have bought into the "tax the rich" scam. We're going over the cliff alright, and now we're in a freefall without a parachute.

[TomGuy]

Even supposed conservative Ben Stein thinks taxing the rich more will help balance the budget. He's full of bananas, but more and more people have bought into the "tax the rich" scam.

One point that no politician or news person seems to mention is the amount of tax revenue lost due to the approximately 23 million un/under employed.

Pelosi and many politicians claim that those getting unemployment are actually helping the economy. While it is true that they cause money circulation by buying food, paying rent, etc., they could be doing so much more, if they were fully employed.

Of course, the politicians and newsies live on Planet Lalaland.