I'm really uncomfortable with the implicit metaphor that this is a fight between the rich and the non-rich. I don't think that is an accurate representation of

I'm really uncomfortable with the implicit metaphor that this is a fight between the rich and the non-rich. I don't think that is an accurate representation of the situation. Also, many of the rich would not be rich if they were born in some other country. To a large degree they are the product of the opportunities of the environment they are in. That environment requires investment and good management. Our current situation has people like Warren Buffet paying a far lower percentage of their income in taxes than you and I, yet the rich use government services to a far greater extent than the rest of us. The US military isn't protecting oil fields I own in nigeria because I don't own any oil fields. The fire dept. isn't protecting the factories I own throughout the US because I don't own any. I think it only makes sense that those who benefit the most from our government, and who can afford it, invest in it accordingly. For starters they shouldn't have a significantly lower percentage of income taxed than the rest of us.