too rich?

[TaraJo]

You think giving away 50% or more of your wealth is comparable with reducing a few percentage points of income tax? Get real. This whole "the rich are all miserable bastards who don't actually care about people like I do" attitude stinks.

Yes, we get it. Some rich people are total dickheads. Guess what? Some middle class and lower class people are total dickheads too. The existence of dickheads in your respective class does not suddenly mean your entire class is made of dickheads.

Big problem here is that the economic system we have now actually encourages rich people, espcially big corporations, to behave in ways that are less than ethical.

You have two companies that both build blenders. All other things about them are the same except that one pays its employees minimum wage and the other uses slave labor. Guess which one is going to have an advantage here? Since the company that uses slaves doesn't have to worry about workplace safety or employee wages, they're going to be able to charge less for their product and drive their competition out of business. It's evolution on a corporate level: We're creating an environment where corruption causes companies to prosper and as a result, corruption is becoming more and more common.

If wealthy people are good, charitable people, I have absolutely no problem with them. What I have a problem with are the ones who polute our environment, use slave labor, get giant government subsidies, buy out government officials (especially congressmen) and destroy lives simply to make an extra buck. What I have a problem with is that supply side economics has made it impossible to regulate any of these companies. What I have a problem with is that, even though corruption helps companies prosper, there are people who want to change the system to make corruption pay off even more instead of trying to hold anyone accountable.

If we change things and start holding the assholes of business accountable, it shouldn't hurt the good guys. At very least, they can afford to take some of those billions they spend on lobbiests and use that to help our tax base.