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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
I dont know how you get $1.3 TRILLION from taxing only those individuals that earn over 500K per year...
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I was having an argument about this with a friend this morning. Of course congress, and even senators, and even the prez don't make 500 thou per year. They only make $100 thousand, $150 thousand and $400 thousand (unless I missed the last raise). And of course they have their own health and retirement plans, which to my mind puts them at least on a par with the worst of the rich CEOs.
I think the first reform should be to make congress stop being a part of the rich elite, and make it back into citizens serving their country.