One of the talking points from the extreme right wing echo machine that I keep hearing is that they "don't see a problem with the rich keeping more of their money. It is, after all, theirs." Usually this is followed by some sort of hand waving argument about how rich people work hard for the money. Never mind that this is a factual falsehood - most rich people have exploited, stolen, or won the genetic lottery for their riches.
That latter point is neither here nor there. I get sick to my stomach thinking about this talking point because the bottom line is that it works. It doesn't work because it's intelligent, factual, or anything like that. It works because it appeals to the emotion of a weak mind (like a Republican) but is wholly lacking in substance.
It wasn't more than 30 years ago that employers paid their people a fair, living wage. The "rich people" were willing to give back. Something happened in the last 30 years, and we clearly see rich people are no longer paying their fair share. They are stealing from the Government by not paying a fair tax rate, and they are stealing from the people by not paying them a living wage and not giving acceptable benefits. It's the ultra-Libertarian "I got mine, fuck you" attitude that is a Republican's wet dream.
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