It is really ironic that the "tax the rich" plans always get support. The tax system is a criminal fraud, a bureaucratic job-maker for IRS and associated agencies as well as civilian firms. Flat tax, consumption tax? Too simple!WHY do you think everyone went to a virtual copy of a pay stub? So employees never really see what the government is stealing from them. I had to explain to my 20yr old son that INCOME TAX isn't something that has been around forever and it is something that could go away if enough people gave a crap about affecting change in this system.
How about a flat tax? Lots of revenue going to pay the IRS to audit income tax returns...what revenue would be salvaged if all that bureaucracy went away??? Did we just find room in the budget to avoid having to raise the debt ceiling? [gasp!] Gee that was hard!
People need to get mad! People need to sit down and let this roll around and marinate in their brains: there is actual discussion about GIVING a non-citizen a settlement of $450,000 FOR BREAKING OUR LAWS!!!! How long would it take you to WORK to receive $450,000?