I agree with you, Jeff, and the idea that rich people should pay more taxes than they do is not socialist, it makes sense. People who have benefited greatly from our system here in the U.S. should do all they can, including by paying more in taxes, to make sure the system that supports their financial success continues to thrive.
I agree with you, Jeff, and the idea that rich people should pay more taxes than they do is not socialist, it makes sense. People who have benefited greatly from our system here in the U.S. should do all they can, including by paying more in taxes, to make sure the system that supports their financial success continues to thrive.
I still think I should change my screen name to Carl Marks, or something ;-)
No, I use the socialism label very tongue-in-cheek...my insufferably right friends really do think anything short of robber baron capitalism is the Bolshies coming to get us, and the Know-Nothings in Congress all think the worst thing you can call a person is a socialist (a short course in political science for everyone in Congress wouldn't go far wrong, and I suppose for me too--I think that today the worst thing you could call a person is a Republican, in spite of voting that way for years).
Some of it is that contrary to Churchill's rule, I've slid almost inexorably to the left for some time. Some of it, I'm convinced, is that the populist taint in "Conservative" politics has made any meaningful governance well-nigh impossible, and discussion a waste of effort.
Whether these folks have somehow let go of the dream of opportunity for everyone, or they never really believed in it, is a fair question.
I agree with you, Jeff, and the idea that rich people should pay more taxes than they do is not socialist, it makes sense. People who have benefited greatly from our system here in the U.S. should do all they can, including by paying more in taxes, to make sure the system that supports their financial success continues to thrive.
I still think I should change my screen name to Carl Marks, or something ;-)
No, I use the socialism label very tongue-in-cheek...my insufferably right friends really do think anything short of robber baron capitalism is the Bolshies coming to get us, and the Know-Nothings in Congress all think the worst thing you can call a person is a socialist (a short course in political science for everyone in Congress wouldn't go far wrong, and I suppose for me too--I think that today the worst thing you could call a person is a Republican, in spite of voting that way for years).
Some of it is that contrary to Churchill's rule, I've slid almost inexorably to the left for some time. Some of it, I'm convinced, is that the populist taint in "Conservative" politics has made any meaningful governance well-nigh impossible, and discussion a waste of effort.
Whether these folks have somehow let go of the dream of opportunity for everyone, or they never really believed in it, is a fair question.