Class Warfare

Class warfare is not when you make millionaires pay the same tax rate as the middle class.  Class warfare is when you make the middle class pay a higher rate than millionaires, which is what we are doing currently and what the GOP wants to keep doing.

*Update:

I was listening on the radio to some Republicans talking this morning about what the public thinks about raising taxes on the wealthy.  As with all things Republican, they were saying the public stands squarely behind them in believing raising taxes on the wealthy is a bad idea.  Honestly, would we expect any other answer from Republicans? 

Instead of taking the raging idiots at the word, I decided to see what the polling data said about public opinion on taxing the wealthy.  And would you believe the actual data doesn't square at all with what Republicans are going around saying.

Check this poll out: Gallup, August 2011, 66% of Americans support tax increases on the wealthy to help reduce federal debt.

Or this one: CNN, August 2011, 62% said taxes on wealthy should be high to help pay for lower income people.

How about his Marist Poll from August 2011, 68% support increasing taxes on people who make over $250K/year.

Here's a Reuters Poll from August 2011 showing 46% of Americans support raising taxes on the wealthy.  Maybe not a plurality but still a higher percentage of Americans who support raising taxes on the wealthy than support the GOP.

Saying the American people don't want higher taxes on the wealthy to help pay the deficit is a lie.  Saying the American people don't want millionaires to pay the same rate as someone who makes $40,000 a year is psychosis.