The notion of taking from the rich to fund health care is the long sought after "don't tax me, tax that guy behind the tree" attitude. From what I've heard, anyone over $250,000 in income will be nailed. Now, that's a good income, certaily something I don't come anywhere near and have no hopes of ever getting there.
But, take a doctor who's spent at least 7 years (AFTER COLLEGE) and probably gone close to $250,000 in debt to get the knowledge and experience to keep us well. I don't begrudge him/her a living substantially above the rest of us, especially with the life/death responsibility that comes with the job. I also don't think we should demonize or tax him/her more than the rest of us.
As for the Wall Street guys that rake in the $100 million dollar bonuses by selling "paper" that nobody can figure out (credit swaps on leveraged derivates of collaterlized packages of corporate bonds issued to cover unsecured commodity risks in the futures markets, :lol:), they should be..... (fill in the blank). They produce nothing, cure nobody and yet somehow feel entitled to HUGE sums of money. Hey, that also applies to our Congressmen.
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