A rare accurate statement from Romney!

[Creed of Heresy]

I agree. I'm also not saying all rich people are dicks, hell, Warren Buffet was like "Dude, my secretary pays more taxes than me. I'm a billionaire. This shit is fucked up." Yes, the rich pay more here than they do in Europe...well, look at how FANTASTIC Europe is doing with their governments' budgets. Greece is just...well, they're completely screwed, Italy's having tons of issues, Spain's struggling, even France is feeling the pressure. Heck, used to be the rich paid like 90% or more in taxes and we used that money to build our infrastructure. Now their taxes are like half that and our infrastructure is getting outdated and our education is slipping badly. Not saying finances are ALL the problem, lots of those departments need some restructuring and streamlining, but it's easier to do that with money than without it. People talk about the rich being the "job creators," yet our unemployment is really bad and it isn't really improving all that much. They got their tax cut extension and yet the employment rate didn't really go up much, if at all. I consider it a contract; the tax cuts were extended to give them leeway to hire more workers. They did not meet expectations, the social contract is breached, so the tax cuts for them should expire. If they use it as an excuse to stop hiring or to fire, well, there's a certain point to which they can hope to keep productivity up with smaller workforces and the tax rate can keep climbing ever higher the more they breach the social contract, and if they want to outsource? Start slapping heavy taxes and fines on outsourced labor until they get the freakin' hint and get with the program and start contributing to the improvement of the economy in a way that is beneficial to everyone, themselves included [more people working means more people consuming], and not just themselves.