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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (197809)	8/20/2012 6:14:07 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 541230

"rich will not want to participate in the rebuilding of America if the burden is exclusively on them." TS, Elliot. They have the most to lose.

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (197809)	8/20/2012 8:15:19 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541230

The last poll I saw said well over 50% of above $250k annual income types were in favor of higher taxes on themselves.

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (197809)	8/20/2012 8:58:04 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541230

If we only raise taxes on one class of people exclusively it is not going to unite the country and to take on the deficit we need to be united. Otherwise the young will be at the throats of the old and the rich will not want to participate in the rebuilding of America if the burden is exclusively on them. Again, the burden is presently out of whack. But I really don't know where you get the idea that the young will attack the old if taxes aren't also raised on the middle class. And as far as the rich not wanting to participate, what are they going to do? Move to Luxembourg?