For the 98% of us that these negotiations about tax increases don't affect

[Horse with no Name]

Think about what YOUR life will be without an equitable tax on their money as well as yours.

Your children will have substandard educations by untrained teaching assistants while THEIR children will get the best educations that money can buy. This translates to your children will always work for their children. Your grandchildren will ALWAYS work for their grandchildren. Most Americans think that all this "raising taxes" talk is aimed at them. It is not. It is aimed at trying to get our money BACK from the robber barons. The ONLY way this will affect you is IF the taxes aren't increased. IF the taxes are increased--the majority of Americans will feel relief from their crushing obligations--they will merely have their feelings hurt because they didn't win.

If they succeed in gutting Medicaid...if your aging parent or grandparent is in a Long Term Healthcare Facility...chances are...you better start thinking about an alternative living arrangement for them--unless you have a lot of money saved up to take care of them.
Their parents and grandparents will always be taken care of in the finest of accommodations--they could care less if yours eats cat food.

If Medicare is gutted--be prepared to figure out how to pay your aging parents and grandparents medical bills. Trust me...it won't impact them. Not one bit.

I have to wonder about those people who THINK that they are going to be affected. Honestly? Look for yourself. Don't pretend that these tax increases will impact you negatively...because they won't.

[MichiganVote]

1. +1000 Tax the rich.

[classysassy]

2. The conservatives and their shills(Fox news,Rush and hate radio)

want us to believe the tax increases against the wealthy is bad because their rich friends will stop creating jobs,(they haven't created any jobs,those jobs created are in third world countries where they hire people for far less than they can do in America,thus their already huge profits are increased)those republican law makers(law breakers) should be kicked out of office,they are enabling criminals to continue their war against the middle class.

[dkf]

3. Maybe your taxes aren't equitable either.

The system worked under Clinton tax rates. Anything less won't do.