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[elkan80]

Difference?
The rich don't need our money, THEY WANT IT. Businesses would outsource jobs to China, India, undocumented immigrants reguardless of what liberals tax them on. Unless we lower our income, or get rid of child labor laws, that will not change.

No one envies how single mothers and undocumented immigrants live. They're not using our taxes to buy ships.

[barclay76]

Like Buffett & Soros?

[siuaghan]

47% of your so-called middle class DON'T PAY A DIME IN FEDERAL TAXES!!

ILLEGALS should be DEPORTED!!

[geol19]

The point is, the amount one pays to help preserve our public infrastructure should be proportional to the amount one uses. The wealthy and corporations use our transportation system more, they have bigger homes, they burden our electrical grid, and they suck up most of the available water (see agri-business). The rich use up much of the court system to enforce contracts, or to sue each other (or the government). They use up much of our public safety budgets to protect their vast property holdings. Companies benefit from having workers educated in our public schools. They benefit from research and development paid for by taxpayers at government institutions. And rich individuals are still "entitled" to Social Security and Medicare. Like the rest of us, they can still use parks, libraries and beaches. The wealthy wouldn't be wealthy if there was no public infrastructure - no civil society - to help get them there.

So, I would like to ask Romney and all these other rich folks who insist on paying next to nothing in taxes, why should they get a discount on the price for civilization? Why do they think the rest of us - who barely have enough money to survive - should subsidize their businesses and their lifestyles? Is it less important for the rest of us to eat, and more important for us to kick in more of our meager incomes to finance yet another sports stadium most of us will never see the inside of? Why is that not welfare, but programs like food stamps and unemployment insurance are? Why are Social Security and Medicare considered "entitlements," but agricultural subsidies aren't?
All of these benefits - whether they go to average Americans or to corporations - are paid for with public money. What then, Mr. Romney, is the difference? Why do you wish to slam average Americans with higher income taxes, payroll taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, excise taxes and fees, and then cheat them out of the benefits those taxes are supposed to provide? Why do you and your rich buddies think the rest of us should have to pay more and more and then expect nothing in return? We are not your servants. We have to live here too, and we deserve a decent standard of living in a country with a government that provides good public services and a robust safety net for everyone.

[tredway]

The undocumented workers, or illegal aliens if you want to get technical, were overlooked for so long because they are a cheap source of labor who can't unionize. the biggest beneficiaries of their presence are industries like meat packing and restaurants.they're good for business if you're the business owner concerned only with maximum profits. not so great if you're an american worker. the poor who vote republican do so because they're good dogs and master might scratch their belly if they bark loud enough.