There was once a guy who said that all those big tax breaks the past few years were just a form of welfare...for the rich. Who was the man who said that? Warren Buffet, one of the richest people on the planet. When one of the richest people on the planet says he's paying an unfairly low share of the tax burden...it's probably true. I have nothing against people becoming successful, but I do have problems when those who become successful want to become even richer by snatching money from the wallets of the middle class.
What made this country so prosperous and powerful to begin with is a strong Middle Class. Since civilization began economics has been polarized between the very rich and the very poor. Now it seems we're going back to that. The affluent want peasants to kiss their candyasses and make them even richer. They know the Middle Class would tell them to go get fucked so they turn a greedy eye towards Mexico.

That's why you're only going to get lip service paid to the immigration problem. If they are forced to actually do something about it, all the pressure is going to be put on some poor immigrants back and not where it belongs--on the business's that are hiring them. They want to build fences and send troops to the borders but not once did I hear anyone mention drying up the jobs so there's no motivation to sneak over to begin with.

They love to talk tax breaks, but when the breaks finally come, joe paycheck gets stiffed with a pittance while the wealthy rake it in. Didn't ya love that poison pill the Republicans threw in the Minimum wage increase bill? Cuts in inheritance tax (which is a good thing because that money has already been taxed), but only for the Mega-Wealthy. They wanna protect Paris Hilton's trust but somebody's gotta pay for the 11 million an hour they're spending in Iraq.
Hamlet Reviewed by Hamlet on . Pelosi Lays Out Her Cards With Murtha Bet It's a high-testosterone move for the first female speaker-elect. Yep, "Women have cojones, too!" could be the subtext under the headline, "Pelosi Endorses Murtha for Leader." Why? Murtha's medal-decorated military past enthuses the cockles of veterans and service persons alike. The Pennsylvania conservative Democrat's pro-gun, anti-choice voting record also helps draw centrist Republicans into the Democrats' camp, while wooing progressives with his vocal opposition to the war in Iraq. But Rating: 5