So Rucker, can I get this straight, you're all for the rich "paying their fair share?" Do you join the rest of the left in claiming we should eat the rich?

Let's take a look at America where the tax cap is at 55% (for many of the top of the food chain that's a 10% increase in taxes)... The top 5% of our nation who pays somewhere in the area of 65% of the taxes, decides that if they're going to get rich they'd have to give up more than half of their earned income to government. A government that doesn't handle their money wisely, no less. They decide that they don't like contributing more and more to a system that pretty much rewards laziness at the expense of their hard work. So they move. Then you see that 5% paying 65% of the taxes drops to 2%. That's a pretty huge burden for such a small number... it would be even more unsustainable than currently and we wouldn't pull in enough money to cover all those expenses. Remember, if we cut out the federal government, and military, we still wouldn't have enough for all these entitlements and pensions. And cutting out the government is impossible (I mean really, we do need the TSA and the DHS and the Department of Education! /sarcasm), cutting out the military is stupid (yes it could use some reform, and reduction in wasteful spending). So the bad news is, we have to say goodbye to the welfare, medicaid, medicare, social security and other social programs as we know them, and dramatically reform them... to the point where yes, a lot of liberals will get pissed, a lot of leeches will be butthurt.

I'll have you know right now, that with the way our tax code is, a lot of my friends who make a very decent amount of money refuse to let their wives work because their tax bracket is so high already. So yes, let's eat the rich, let's pick their bones dry so they can pay for everyone else! That's stupid. How about instead of bitching about why these people don't make enough to pay taxes, we make it so we improve the system so they can make enough to pay taxes, instead of taxing those who already pay more than their fair share. How about instead of complaining that they're too rich, we look at the fact that they pay the most in, and take the most out.