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By my experience as one of those "average'' citizens, yes, many people do.
We wants it... We wants it...
I'm envious of the rich, I want a Lamborghini Aventador dammit!
There is a certain amount of envy, but not much beyond "imagine all the useless **** I could buy", and certainly not to the degree some posters on here imagine it.
There seems to be an ongoing theme set by some that generally, those who care about the greater good of society and propose that a fair share of taxes be imposed on the extremely wealthy, are actually extremely envious/jealous and harbor hatred for the extremely wealthy. Supposedly, this is the reason these humanitarians propose a fair tax on the extremely wealthy. So let’s see what everyone thinks. :lol:
I was just accused of this very thing by a far-right poster because of my position regarding the growing wealth disparity in the US.
The thing is I do not hate, or envy, the wealthy. I am very happy with my standard of living. Great wealth is not necessary to have a happy and comfortable life. But I see too many who are not so fortunate. As has been pointed out, this is the greatest disparity in wealth between the upper and lower classes since 1920 and before that in the 1880's in the days of the robber barons. In 2009, one in seven Americans lived in poverty. Unless we desire to become a third world nation, we need to rethink our regressive changes that have been made to our progressive tax system that have transferred too much much wealth to the top without job production.
After 3 decades of trickle down economics, we need a few decades now of trickle up economics where the working class can again be consumers and grow the economy.
What's fair? Their tax obligation is already 30% or more of their income. How much should they be required to give up for "the good of the rest of us"?
There seems to be an ongoing theme set by some that generally, those who care about the greater good of society and propose that a fair share of taxes be imposed on the extremely wealthy, are actually extremely envious/jealous and harbor hatred for the extremely wealthy. Supposedly, this is the reason these humanitarians propose a fair tax on the extremely wealthy. So let’s see what everyone thinks. :lol:
I don't know. I don't think so, honestly. I can't honestly say I know anyone that I would classify of being jealous of the rich. Some of them are certain pissed off about stuff like what FilmFestGuy mentioned, or that the stimulus helped them so much more than it helped anyone else. But that's different from jealousy - that's just a general sense of fairness.
The stimulus helped big business because that's where the money was directed. That lies solely on the government, not the recipients.
Except that it's proof that they own the government and we as citizens do not.
Payroll taxes and loopholes result in the richest Americans paying a rate much lower than the middle class.
The government disagrees with you.
Closing loopholes and having them pay a bit more? All for it.
But let's not get carried away.
Be aware of what the term "median" means. Its a statistical term and does not necessarily represent the "middle class". Middle class and median are two different things. I am not saying that your assertion is incorrect, just suggesting you post something with more statistical calculations, e.g. something showing the average tax rate for the middle class, rather than an unrelated statistical measurement such as a median.
I do agree that loopholes need to be closed and they need to pay a bit more though. So we are in agreement
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