[OCCASparky]

Problem is, andy, is that most of the people who were asked have no idea how much "the rich" actually contribute already, and if everyone making over $200K gave every single dime they made to the government, it still wouldn't come anywhere close to closing the budget gap.

But hey, don't let facts get in the MSM/liberal's way of a good little class warfare rhetoric, right?

[andy58-in-nh]

The mainstream media, along with our schools have done a tremendous job keeping a large portion of the American public utterly ignorant of basic economics - and of demonstrable facts.

A great number of people haven't a clue about the size of the federal budget, or the deficit, or who pays taxes - and who does not. The efficacy of "class warfare" has always depended upon ignorance and our cultural and political institutions are still ladling it out in big, steaming bowls.