Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
What about when the wealthy don't apparently give a rats ass about Alzheimer's patients, hospice residents, orphans and children with AIDS?
I have to take issue with the wording of this statement. A dedication to public policy reform that would benefit these groups hardly constitutes 'not giving a rat's ass' in my eyes.
Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
When people of this caliber ask for higher taxes out of everyones pockets you would think that they'd be sparing a bit of change themselves.
Indeed. They will be, since their own tax bills will increase. Again, it's not the place of benevolent individuals to shoulder personal responsibility for all of our nation's poor. Is it nice to see them help in some way? Certainly. But that does not mean we should make public policy that counts on them to do it over the long term.

As an aside... some of the most 'charitable' people I know act like a 'benevolent' king giving the peasants a few coins for the pleasure of seeing them grovel, and it makes me ill.