Now when my 12 year old son tries that argument on me(re capitalization), that will be a 'horse of a different color'! ;^)
Here's my basic premise: there's something really wrong when the average person has to work over 4 months out of the year, just to pay their taxes. And the worst thing about it is that all we hear is that it's never enough! That we need to 'invest' more money for ... (name your favorite program - guns or butter!). For the 50% of the people who pay only 4% of the tax burden, Ted Kennedy is their guy! OTOH, my wife and I have been blessed with talents and a work ethic that have enabled our household income to be in the upper 25%, only to be vilified by Daschle and Gephardt and the press agents for the lower 50% because we wanted our damn muffler!
Sorry for the rant, but that's where I'm coming from!!