Quote Originally Posted by tony
The sentiment is the same. I'm willing to sacrifice my own resources so you can have yours. If you make significantly less than I am willing to have my taxes raised in order for you to have a decent quality of living. My point was that the man who created the concept of Capitalism stated this himself, in order for a Capitalistic society to thrive those who have accumulated wealth must be willing to carry the burden of taxes as well.

There are currently 37 million uninsured Americans with 24% of those who are insured have inadequate coverage. That needs to change and it cannot be done without some kind of sacrifice.
So where do we draw the line? I am willing to sacrifice, too. I give as much to my staff as I can afford. That's how I give. I have kept food on Brandon's table for almost 8 years now. He has gotten paid when Dan I were eating Ramen. Of course we have to keep our operations capital at a certain point, but that doesn't go into my pocket. It goes into paying my staff when we have hard months and it goes toward floating people's bills who have work done but can't afford it at the time so it sits in my driveway for a month before they come get it...but Brandon still has to get paid even if they don't come pay their bill...that cuts into my operations capital that Obama sees as making me rich.

I am using us and Brandon as an example because we fall under that rich threshold as it is presented right now.