My wife and I together (joint filers) paid > $111,000 in income taxes for 2007. Sure, we have a strong cash flow, but also worked very, very hard to get to where we are in life. We were given our undergraduate educations by hard-working parents, but after that everything we did was based in merit and work. We were in debt with graduate and professional school loans, and paid them off completely and within the allocated timeframe. In addition to our taxes we give plentifully to our church, the VFW, various missions, and such.
I resent lilke hel* hearing from the likes of an affirmative action leftwing pissant like Barack Obama, and the leftist democrat party, that I and my wife do not pay our “fair share”. I can tell Mr. Obama that if he attempts to raise our taxes more, we will simply work less and defer income to less-taxed sources. We will not pay more than we do now, we will pay less. And we are the tip of the iceberg as far as that’s concerned. The truly rich will shelter money and reduce taxes. Obama will tip the US economy into a recession or depression with these policies.
That's really what the left wants. They want you to stop making them feel envious by creating more wealth and accomplishments than they do. They want you to let your house run down, your grass turn brown, and your car to fall apart. Think Cuba. That is what they are trying for. It's their interpretation of the pursuit of happiness. They believe they will finally be happy when you stop prompting them to feel unhappy.