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"Today, under George W. Bush, there are two Americas, not one: One America that does the work, another America that reaps the reward," said Sen. John Edwards, the multimillionaire trial lawyer who has made class warfare the centerpiece of his presidential campaign.

Uh, yeah. Those who work and shoulder the bulk of the tax burden, while many of the others collect the benefits, like free health care, welfare, etc.

There were a couple of disturbing letters to the editor in yesterday's newspaper (Contra Cost Times - California). As many of you know, California is suffering a huge budget problem and of course, the Dems are proposing raising taxes on the "rich". Some of the folks writing in said fine, go ahead, raise those taxes on the rich, and if they decide to leave the state, then "don't let the door hit in a**". Well, I must stay, these folks have no clue about economics. Raise taxes on the rich, who are already paying carrying the bulk of the tax burden, and they WILL leave, or stop creating jobs, or hire fewer people, or close their businesses. Then what will the tax users do? Who are they going to raise taxes on next? What will they do when the economy inevitably slows down? Stupid is as stupid does.

Even the deposed Governor Gray Davis said last year that there are about 44,000 taxpayers in California paying a large percentage of the income taxes. I don't remember the number, but it high - about 80%. Due to the downturn in the economy, these taxpayers were "failing to perform" (Davis's words), so revenue to the state was down. Well, no duh. So what's the solution? Why, tax them even harder! Yeah, that's the ticket!

[goodnesswins]

Looks like California is our own little SOCIALIST EXPERIMENT....maybe it will finally be the EXAMPLE that a majority of the voters will see and REALIZE that it (socialism) simply DOES NOT WORK! (I can hope, can't I...LOL)

[TimSkalaBim]

Moderate income people who want to raise taxes on "the rich" are moronic in so many ways. One of the things they don't get is that there will always be somebody poorer than them. When they scream "Tax the Rich!!", there is somebody poorer than they, looking at them with hungry eyes, and thinking the same thing.

[Welsh Rabbit]

Well, I must say, these folks have no clue about economics.

That's the heart of the matter. It's no coincidence that the RAT party is the party of trial lawyers, union officials, and others who have made exploiting envy between the "classes" into a profession. They count on the fact the a large percentage of workers are going to respond to class warfare on an emotional level and can be rallied to fight for gains that are detrimental to the corporations that employ them in the long run. Nevermind what happens to the company after they've won some short-term gain and the labor lawyers have gotten their multi-million dollar paychecks and left town...