Obama keeps the eyes of the envious on the “1%”” because that is who he hangs out with, whose luxury homes his wife and children borrow for vacations, and who surrounds him to gush at $25,000 per plate fund raisers. The imagery matches the narrative that these “folks” should be paying a lot more taxes. Idiots all around.
But 99% of the 1% are the people between $250 and $500, who are NOT his pals.
His pals would HAPPILY pay more taxes to crush the strivers, who are seeking to replace them on the upper rungs and whom they despise.