The American public has been trained so well to cry outrage anytime a tax increase is mentioned that raising taxes (even on the super rich only) is political suicide.

I remember when bush first took over and rammed through the tax cuts that anyone who brought up the fact that most of the savings would go to the super rich was charged with "engaging in class warfare". The funny thing is that those same tax cuts were a form of class warfare--on the middle and lower class.

Of course the media reports everything in the context of "he said, she said" and even though the numbers are there to support the "tax cuts are for the rich" view point, most people didn't give much thought to how these tax cuts would affect the overall economy (esp the one passed AFTER the war started). As long as they got their check for 300$ they were happy.

What I don't understand is why I'm posting this on a site with no commenters to a reading audience who already (possibly) agrees (at least in sentiment). I must be loopy.

Keep the faith Ken, it's an uphill battle, to get people in this country to get off their butts and make the politicians do something right for a change. Like get a flat tax, so everyone pays their fair share! Maybe even charge a little more on the easy wealth. Let corporations finance all elections, money going to the ones who need it most, so the little guys can play the game too. I've noticed a lack of comments lately, maybe everyone is busy doing taxes?

It is obscene, just obscene to ask struggling young adults to lay their lives on the line but not ask for those whose wealth is not even earned to give up a small portion of a recent tax cut on the income from that wealth. It is class warfare when the powerful become so comfortable, even former prisoner of war John McCain, that they believe that simply the assurance of their comfort is more important than young people's lives. It is difficult to argue for the most equitable sacrifice (if we believe we can't abolish war) that of reinstating the draft, but that the wealthy can not sacrifice a small amount of unearned treasure--when it's the value of their oil stocks and shares in haliburton and caci that we're fighting for--what else can you call it?

Any persons who or organizations that support this war, or any war, without requiring our citizens to sacrifice something to pay for it...those people and organizations are morally bankrupt and deserve to be sent to the front lines with a rifle and any body armor that might be left over after the people who volunteered for duty are all armored up. People with brains and proper human values should be revolted by the likes of McCain the hypocrite.

Any persons who or organizations that support this war, or any war, without requiring our citizens to sacrifice something to pay for it...those people and organizations are morally bankrupt and deserve to be sent to the front lines with a rifle and any body armor that might be left over after the people who volunteered for duty are all armored up. People with brains and proper human values should be revolted by the likes of McCain the hypocrite.

McCain is an extremely dangerous and disturbing man. Of course, not a single penny more should be spent on this insane and illegal murderous occupation of Iraq. The only money the US should be sending to Iraq is the massive reparations it owes (for the sanctions and the invasion and occupation) after it leaves and ceases the occupation. But someone should tell McCain that during World War II, taxes were up in the 90% rate range on the superrich. McCain and the whining plutocrats that pull his strings take us all for fools. It would be a laugh if they weren't sending us off to kill and die in foreign lands for their class and their empire.