President Obama's opponents are trying to shoot down his debt-reduction plan, which includes fair treatment of rich people and for-profit corporations (=>), by charging him with waging class warfare.
Plus, they say, equalizing the tax structure to bring rates for the rich up as high as the rate middle Americans pay would reduce the debt by only 10 percent.
Ten percent? In my truly conservative opinion, I'd say that's quite a dent.
Or as my husband said, "That's a good start."
He then came up with what I think would make a great debt-reduction mantra:
"Start with fair,
Work from there."
Work from there."
As for declaring class warfare, that's exactly what Republican have done, proving once again that going on the offensive by accusing their enemies (yes, they do indeed consider Obama the enemy and, as they have repeatedly said that limiting him to one term is their number one priority. Not reducting the unemployment rate. Not getting Americans back to work. Not returning the middle class, which has been shipped overseas, back to the U.S. Not ending wars this country is waging in other countries. But vanquishing Obama.), of doing what they are, in fact, doing themselves.
Republicans are the ones who declared class warfare. They did that by turning millionares into a special class. By making them a class of 'untouchables'. By putting them off limits in the "shared sacrifice" that other Americans are being told they must participate in.
BTW, notice how those who oppose leveling the rate-rate paying field are rich?
Poor Louisana GOP Rep. John Fleming is crying crocodile tears because Obama's proposal might take a bite out of the $200,000 he spends, according to his math, on feeding his family.
Fox darling Bill O'Reilly says being subjected to the same tax rate as middle Americans, which is what Obama is proposing, will prompt him to quit his $10 million-a-year TV-talk job.
Sob stories abound.
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