It's Class Warfare, All Right

[dtotire]

It's Class Warfare, All Right

The rich guys are winning--in a rout.

By Donald Kaul

Republicans are accusing President Obama of waging class warfare, which is a little like the Japanese complaining about the time Pearl Harbor attacked them in 1941.

Still, that's the Republican Party's role in life. It's the defender of the rich and powerful and a friend to those who can afford them. It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it, and George Will can't be everywhere at once.

The Republican outburst on "class warfare" was prompted by Obama's new, improved economic plan in which he proposed cutting government spending, trimming entitlement programs, and…if you're a conservative with a weak heart you might want to stop reading right now…collecting more taxes from rich people.

The president went so far as to suggest a minimum tax on the incomes of those who make a million dollars a year or more.

"It is wrong that in the United States of America a teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million," he said.

"It's hard to argue against that."

Unless you're a Republican politician, of course. Speaker of the House John Boehner had no trouble saying:

"Tax increases destroy jobs." (That is the political equivalent of a parrot saying "Polly want a cracker.")


more:
http://www.otherwords.org/articles/its_class_warfare_all_right

[Sherman A1]

1. Yup!

and it has been for a long time.....

Thanks for Posting!:hi:

[PETRUS]

2. K&R

[txlibdem]

3. If there is any justice in the world the movement started in New York will...

... take back our country from the psychopaths in the top 2% who have stolen the Democracy we thought we had -- we need to take it back and preserve it against those who would pervert our Democracy for their own ends and goals.