Thursday, February 23, 2012

What's The Difference Between Me And An OWS Protester?

On my run through the Arizona Biltmore neighborhood yesterday I couldn't help but notice the gigantic houses lining the street.
An Occupy Wall Street protester would look at these houses with their perfectly manicured lush green lawns (in the Arizona dessert!!), the opulent copper gutters and sculptures, the beautiful architecture and sizable lots and think "These people should be paying more in taxes to be fair to people who don't have such amenities!"

I look at these houses and think, "How blessed are we to live in a country where people can work hard, create jobs for other people, succeed in business and be rewarded for their efforts? And how can I earn such success for my family?"

I'm so tired of hearing the class warfare buzzwords of "Fair Share" when:
If 10% of the people pay 70% of the taxes, and almost half pay no taxes at all, doesn't that already seem like the "rich" are paying an absolutely UN-fair share?  And if not, at what point does it become fair - when they pay half of their income in taxes, or ALL of it?  And why does the government get to choose what is a "fair" amount for people to keep out of income they rightly earn?  

I don't think this whole tax the rich propaganda actually has anything to do with reducing our deficit - it has everything to do with dividing the people in our country in an election year. 

  



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