Nevertheless there will always be a minority who will not get the point you are trying to make….

Now compare the previous to millions who has an adjusted gross income of at least $65,100 and are currently in the 28% incremental tax bracket with no major tax loopholes save mortgage interest deductions.

Now does this sound fair to you?

9 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:

‘ Execute true justice,
Show mercy and compassion
Everyone to his brother.
10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
The alien or the poor.
Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’

11 “But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. 13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so they called out and I would not listen,” says the LORD of hosts. 14 “But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

Our government simply does not understand that they spend too much money, and needlessly I might add. If they were to actually cut federal spending instead of increasing it [on most of the social/entitlement BS programs that they've developed over the passed 40 years] we’d get back to a viable economy within several years.

Legislating financial equality (’sharing the wealth’) is absolutely ridiculous … some of you actually seem to believe that a burger-flipper at a fast-food restaurant should be able to afford the same things in life that a doctor can afford! Get real. One gets what they work hard for.

Now, since I don’t think my taxes should be increased, I’m being labeled as ’selfish’? I already pay 38% in income taxes alone, I don’t need to be paying more. Add interest and dividend taxes, property tax, state sales tax, vehicle registration tax, etc. into the mix and I’m up close to 50% – so you have the audacity to say I need to pay more?, and the I’m a selfish person for stating my point against paying increased taxes? Think about this and let it sink in … the people who constantly lean on the government and expect handouts, and never pay a dime in taxes are the greedy and selfish people in out society!

As for the education system in this country, I came from lower-middle class, attended public schools K~12 and a public Jr. college, just like any one else in this country has the opportunity to do. I paid for my own tuition and books by working two jobs.

I did not receive any grant money. Apparently a lot of you folks seem to think is an entitlement you deserve. Its also ridiculous to say that ‘every child’ in this country will even want to go to college … not everybody has the aptitude, nor the desire to achieve higher learning.

After reading every comment in this forum to date, I’m amazed at the number of people who have bought into obama’s rhetoric. Apparently, they are only listening to his claim to provide ‘tax breaks to 95% of the middle class’, but they aren’t listening at all to whats planned on the flip side: The marriage ‘penalty will be re-instituted, Inheritance tax and Capital Gains will also return … additional taxes on your retirement savings (money that you many people have been working hard for and saving all their life) will be subject to higher tax rates … so any ‘tax ’savings’ you think you’ll be getting will just be taken away through tax increases somewhere else. You will be no better off at all.

Do the math and you’ll see exactly what I’m talking about.

“Obama knows what selfish really means. Just ask his half brother in Africa.”
-John Drummond
If that isn’t racist, I dunno what is. Jeez, I wouldn’t be surprised if the “mom” jokes start soon.

Anyways, just because McCain was taken prisoner during times of war doesn’t mean that he’s more patriotic. If Obama had been in the military and had gotten caught, you’d be singing a different tune. Yes, he has been in military service for who know how long, which probably means that he’s very patriotic, but if it’s his patriotism you want to bring out, say that he was in the military, not that he was stuck in a hole for six years.
Going along similar lines, Obama might have just as much patriotism as McCain. Yes, he did live in various places of the world, but in the end, he came back to the US and became a freaking Senator. Doesn’t that count for something? Isn’t the fact that he was born with a hectic life contribute to his inability to demonstrate his patriotism? He’s not nearly as old as McCain so he just hasn’t had as much time to do stuff. That’s not to say that he’s inexperienced. He couldn’t do anything about it. See where I’m coming from?

You can argue either way that the progressive tax system is socialistic, but Obama’s current tax plan is inarguably so. Problem is, McCain’s pretty much is too. Government bailouts/buyouts are as well. Neither are assaulting the true problem – wasteful government spending.

Yet we see so many here talking about “fair share” and assaulting the rich, when the rich ALREADY PAY THE MAJORITY OF THE TAX BURDEN. The argument that the rich aren’t paying their fair share is absurd in the extreme. Now we’re talking of taxing them more and straight out giving that money to the poor. So the poor can do what with it?

The claim that Bush’s tax cuts led us to this current nightmare is absurd in the extreme. Government regulation AND deregulation of corporate lending practices, combined with the insatiable greed of the American consumer is what led us to this mess. It had little to do with taxes.

“I am trying to find a job….been putting in 40 plus hour weeks looking for one…..and haven’t found anything for a recent college grad.

I feel as if the American dream has been stolen from me. I have worked hard for 4 years and earned 2 degrees….yet I cannot find a job where I can learn basic skills and better my life. Nor due I have rich family and friends to lend me capital to start my own enterprise.

Down with Bush…..Give me anything else.”

Thank you Parker for exemplifying the liberal point of view. You state that because you went to college and are smart that someone “owes” you a job. When in reality you should take responsibility for the fact that you probably chose a profession that is not very marketable. You may have enjoyed what you studied, but you obviously didn’t consider how it was going to put bread on the table when you chose it. You have completely missed the point of being an American. In America you have the right to fail as well as succeed. Because at this point in your life you are a failure doesn’t mean that the rest of us are and that capitalism doesn’t work.

I have 3 suggestions for you, but all three require growing up and accepting responsibility.
1. Find others who have your education and background and find out how they are making money and copy them.(probably teaching)
2. Go back to school and get a degree in a useful profession.
3. Become an entrepreneur and promote yourself and start you own company. Write books, give lectures, consult for businesses etc. Most self starters didn’t lean on family to start their companies to quit wining and find a solution to your problem. Or go to your church and ask for handouts. But don’t expect me to give you wellfare.