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Originally Posted by Fenris Wolf
I don't think it's so much that they pretend to be rich but they care so much because one day they hope to be that rich. They are making decisions based on a possible future for themselves. Whether they actually become part of the top 2% of income generating Americans or not, it doesn't matter. It's a perception of attainable wealth they don't want taxed. And that whole perception is only to get worse. We are creating a whole new generation of Americans, in our youth, who are defining themselves by how much wealth they have or can accumulate.
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Taxes are at the lowest point EVER (other than right when it first started) so for like the last 80 years taxes have never been as low as they are today, on average it's 50% lower today (that's huge). Not in the 80's or the 90's were taxes lower.. and when they rollback the tax cut, taxes are STILL lower than what they were in the 90's.
So basically... they're bitching about all that money they made in the 90's when the tax was 4% higher.