Prejudice

[renaux]

You know something. I'm deeply and utterly prejudiced against rich people. I'm not talking about those who make enough to live comfortably. I'm talking about people in the 35% tax bracket who have what I would call 'excess' wealth. Without knowing anything about you, if you're in that group, I will judge you. I'm not particularly upset I have this

Comments

[kryphos]

How would you respond to someone who would say that you have 'wealth envy'?

[renaux]

I've gotten that before! I don't mind it. But, I always thought envy implies I want what they have. Which is where it is false. I do not want to be rich.
Yes my politics are considered "progressive", and I know it is a political debate waiting to happen, on whether or not the rich deserve to keep their wealth. But in the current political culture, they can.

[kryphos]

While I'm not opposed to a mostly capitalist system, I do think that there are many aspects of society that should not or no longer be part of a profit based system. Health Care is an example.

[renaux]

My largest complaint comes in that effective tax rate has been plummeting since Nixon, and the teabagger nutcases still bitch about their taxes being so high. It's a blatant hypocrisy, in which their real goal is to take down the federal government and reinstating states rights by starving the feds of all revenue and power.