why i should have a “right” to others money?????

All this nonsense about HIGHER taxes is simply empty rhetoric. Look at the tax rates historically … even during historically great economic times … taxes on the wealthy were much higher than they are now and far higher than anyone is planning to make them as part of this increase. The incremental difference is ridiculously small.

The problem is the accelerating greed of the “ruling” class. Getting a good return on your investment money used to be “X” … now it is “X times 10.” Executives in the 50′s made about 40 times what the average joe made … now the number is closer to 400 times.

The government has been systematically syphoning money from the poor and middle class and putting into the hands of the wealthy and super-wealthy for decades. Reversing this trend is going to be painful for some … but we need to ask the people who can afford to sacrifice to make the sacrifice … and pray that they respond like responsible members of society and not petulant children.

And Zhisou: I can’t even begin to excavate you parallel universe. Get your meds in order…

The bit you entirely miss off – which is the whole point – is what’s left after they’ve paid the bill: the four who paid nothing, still have nothing, the many thousands who paid a bit still have a bit, the one rich guy who paid a lot still has a lot.

The Bush system of charging $80 for a $100 meal and getting the Chinese restaurant over the road to pay the rest was hardly surefooted economics. We’ll see just how much that really costs when the Chinese start to play hardball.

The problem in the world economy today is not a shortage of supply – lowering taxes on those most likely to create jobs won’t work. No business person will create a job unless they’re sure they can sell their products – you only employ people when you can use them to help your business succeed. The problem at the moment is a dearth of demand – no one’s buying anything! The solution must be to boost demand which will in turn lead to greater business confidence and revenue which will lead to jobs. You boost demand by targeting money at those most likely to spend it: the poor.

The problem with Limbaugh and other stupid people is that they only have one solution, so apply it to everything. Cutting taxes and relaxing regulation worked in the 80s because that was a problem of stiffled supply-side, no it’s different, it needs a different solution.

Another offense against the truth is the idea that the citizens would not take into account the disproportionate level of non-financial burdens that the poor bear. Consider that while the rich pay for our wars abroad, it is the poor who bear most of the burden of sacrificing their sons, daughters, husbands, wives, and friends. In a democratic society everyone bears some cost to maintain the infrastructure that makes the peace and prosperity possible.

The financial burden is only one of the costs and the rich are rightly taxed more heavily because the benefits they gain from infrastructures like the SEC, the banking system, and others is heavily in their favor. Taxes, along with certain kinds of government service, are the membership dues we all pay to enjoy peace and prosperity.

I re-wrote this little conservative fable with a more liberalized slant in a blog post last year, (though I hope that the points of critique above transcend ideological lines):

http://blog.attitutor.com/2006/06/tax-math-reframed.html

I suppose they could migrate to South America and live like royalty, but they wouldn’t. The wealthy don’t want to retire and stick with what they have. They need a heavily capitalist system to milk as much money out of the pockets of consumers as they can. It is their addiction. Greed.

http://witnessed.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/the-poor-widow-jesus-refers-too/

On the other hand.. its not like the money actually goes to food and people’s real needs anyway…

Trust me, this (meaning what you have just mentioned) does not apply to all that are classified or seen as “rich”.