W1TEF wrote:


The tax burden will have to be extended to the Middle Class because,
and this might cause you to have a stroke, that is where most of the
wealth is and is the widest, deepest money pool from which taxes can
be obtained.

Obama should backtrack on that no higher taxes for $200k deal.
Higher taxes on about $90k would get the deficit down a lot quicker.
And eliminate the cap on SS contributions to get that right side up on
current income/outgo, and means test for benefits.
The best option would be higher taxes down to just above my level and
means testing the same, but I don't want to get too close.
Capital gains should be heavily taxed because I don't have any.
And get some fraud squads out there to eliminate fraud with Medicare,
SS disability and defense contracts.
Gov pensions are too rich and should be cut.
Lots of cuts could be made.
Farmers still being paid to not produce?
Ethanol subsidies?
The list goes on.

Here's where the wealth is
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesam...er/wealth.html

You decide what's "middle class."
But those charts give a good idea where the money is.
I think bpuharic is rich, because he's got a bigger boat.

Jim - Sure is hard figuring if I'm middle class or poor folk. One other
thing - lettuce should be kept below 99 cents a head. That's my biggest
demand.