It has nothing to do with class for one. I'll give you a non-income tax example. Let's say the gubmint decided that in order to fund the president's new 15 billion dollar marriage counseling proposal, they were going to put a new federal tax on cauliflower. I would not have a problem with that at all, because a)if they are going to pass this stupid ass program, it has to be paid for, and b) I don't like cauliflower. Now, if they proposed to tax pistachios instead, we'd have a problem. So you see, class has nothing to do with it. I am looking out for mine, whatever class I happen to be in. And I couldn't care less about "conservative" credentials, especially the way "conservatives" rationalize big government these days.