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Originally posted by 12clicks
so in other words, there actually *is* one place where the rich aren't being soaked to prop up the less productive.
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I think the main difference between you and I (other than our diametrically opposed views) is that for you this is personal.
You want lower taxes for the wealthy because you want more money in your pocket, hence the reason most wealthy people vote republican, its self serving.
I don't like paying taxes anymore than you do. And while I'm sure I pay alot less than you do, I'm also sure I pay alot more than you think I do.
When I decide who I'm going to vote for, or what policy I'm going to support, I don't just look at what's good for me, right now. I look at what's best for everyone, long term.
I have parents and grandparents that I'd like to see be able to collect their social security checks without having to have their benefits cut in half or everyone's payroll tax doubled.
I have a child that I don't want to leave a 10 trillion dollar debt to, just so that I can have a few extra K in the bank this year.
There are dozens of reasons that I call myself a liberal, and none of those reasons have anything to do with me wanting a welfare check, or making someone else support me, or saving the whales, or any of that bullshit.