It's definitely a HUGE factor. But I am sure that's just me, right? Everyone else puts their neighbor's concerns ahead of their own. I'm the only one being evil here I am sure.
It sounds to me like you buy into the whole "tax the rich" concept - "Rich" being anyone who earns a dollar more per year than you do.
No, I buy into the don't tax me concept.
Ah, but you see, when they "tax the rich" they are taxing you. "The rich" are the men and women who are risking their own funds to provide jobs for perhaps 20 to 30 families. Those 20 to 30 families are the ones who buy cars, hire plumbers, clothe their children, pay property taxes etc. When you "tax the rich" you are going to eliminate probably 2 to 3 families receiving those paychecks. They won't be buying cars etc. Then the car makers will have layoffs, and the banks will have layoffs, and the stores will have layoffs. That WILL impact you, whether you like to admit it or not.