A Voice From the 1%

How did this get on here? The guy obviously has religiously political views.

I'm not sure what industry he's in, but in many industries it takes money to increase customer demand. And his absolute statement of "Hiring has no correlation at all to profits or to income - none." What? Again maybe in his industry...

If he has so much money left over, why not set up or donate to a charity that helps mining workers in Appalachia? Or invest it in a business?

If you want to make an argument for higher taxes, this is not the way to do it. This is political drivel, and not worthy of HN.

Writing a piece on the daily kos is one thing, but if this guy feels this strongly about it, why doesn't he do something substantial about it? All the 99% can do is have a sit out to raise awareness, and that's what they're doing (and then some). It takes money, lobbying and connections to fix this problem. The author seems to have some of that, at least.

Here is the link to donate to the Treasury: http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/gift/gift.htm

Group A wants to raise their own taxes, and a (much larger) Group B does not want their taxes raised. Fantastic, the Treasury's donation program allows both preferences to be satisfied without acrimony.

"we wouldn't have noticed a 3.5% tax increase."

... Yes, you would. I hear the reasons state, and they're bunk. When you're outside the 5% margin at the end of the year, are you going to say, "Oh, I screwed up" or "It was that 3.5% tax increase!" I know which you'll pick.

Rich people generally don't get rich by throwing money away. They aren't going to vote for higher taxes because that takes money directly from their pockets.

And if those taxes get passed, they'll find a way around them, like moving to another country, or at least moving their operations there. It's already happening, and we don't need to make it any worse.

I'm not 'defending the rich', I'm defending our country. I don't want to see the 1% leave. It will not be pretty.

I'm not even close to being in the 1%, but I live comfortably. I actually rather resent being included in their 99% statistic. I haven't been tricked into owing a bank more than I earn in a year. I haven't had a problem finding a job because I picked a career (and skillset) with a future. Anyone that doesn't pick a skill and work towards it, then complains that there are no skill-less jobs left... Well, I'm having trouble having sympathy. I worked my ass off to get better at what I do.