[Fian]

Thanks for the responses about the SS and all. Personally, I think the system is fair as-is. Do you want to see a reduction in the Social Security tax?

Now in to the other person's response.

"Hang on, not every multi-millionaire with his finger in the political pie is a hero of capitalism. Sure, a rich guy might slog through regular 70 hour weeks but if he is doing all that work to line his own pockets and shaft the rest of the world in the process then I'd rather he stayed at home and put his feet up by the pool."

What rich people do is CREATE jobs. That is the best help that the poor have. I am sure that you can find those that are bad and abuse the power that money brings, but the point is that all-in-all rich people are a great benefit to people. You take the rich people out of America, you end up with lots of poor people in greater poverty with no work.

"That is held by another class of rich guy: The one who didn't work for his money. "

In their case, they inherited it. If I have a billion dollars, should I not be able to give it to my children? What is so evil about that? Would you in your righteousness take it away and give it to Uncle Sam?

"The inheritors of this wealth all too often have no understanding of the lives of the little people they use and discard: They were handed their power on a silver spoon and because they didn't earn it they never learned about using it responsibly. All they value is their own position, and they will quite happily pollute, exploit, decieve, despoil and destroy to continue the family legacy and keep power out of the hands of the plebs."

One, a rich person is not obligated to understand the life of a poor person, any more than a poor person is obligated to understand the life of a rich person. Not understanding the poor is not a sin. Accusing the rich of exploting the poor is totally unfair. We don't have sweatshops in the US. If you had the money and power, would you exploit people? I would hope the answer is no. Why do you think a rich person is any different? You have made a serious accusation against a class of people without any evidence to back it up.

It should also be noted that while their may be the "bad rich" who supposedly deserve to be taxed into oblivion, income tax is not set up to punish the bad rich. Every rich person is taxed. You are punishing an entire class of people for the sins of a few.