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Message: <blockquote data-quote="double 07" data-source="post: 7925284" data-attributes="member: 637354">Here is the comment from the man whom is now president........Now my question to you is "Does the term FAIRNESS sound like Capitalism or Socialism?"...I don't care how much the Hedge fund managers make that is their business HELL they took all of the risk investing it and do you really think that wealthy people like them don't contribute to charities and our economy?....Wealthy people buy goods and services just like all of us do they are just buying BIGGER ticket items and not to mention a lot of the wealthy that are demonized pay our salaries......Those are the people we all work for...Have you ever had a poor person sign your payroll check?....This is what the man (Pres Obama) believes (socialism)  and you can put your head in the sand and ignore it if you would like to.......I was mistaken about the TYPE of tax but the point is still the same he (Obama) doesn't care if the GOV gets less revenue as long as the ones at the TOP are punished for their success......I understand you wanting to give up a little more tax to help out the underprivileged that need it but this Gov is spending money our country doesn't have at such a high rate of speed it will NEVER get paid back no matter how much YOU and others give them in 1% increments.......If the Gov confiscated EVERY dollar earned above $250,000 it would run our Gov for 138 days!!!!!!!......And the FORTUNE 500 companies earn about 400 Billion a year in profits, if the Gov confiscated that too that it  would run it for 40 more days.........I don't believe you guys will ever see the FOREST for the TREES...........BOTH PARTIES need to stop spending money like we have plenty of it........In 2012 we are borrowing 43 CENTS of EVERY dollar they spend that's 4 times the amount it was in 1980....I appreciate your passion for wanting to help your fellow man but do it VIA charities...You wouldn't give your money to a bank that was burning it in a burn barrel out back would ya?.....That's in essence what you're doing with it when you hand it over to our precious GOV.......So be my guest and give them every dollar you think you don't need above your bills and necessities I personally think THEY(Gov) have enough and are SERIOUSLY mismanaging what they are getting now!!!......I don't like contributing my money to PONZI schemes......When a CEO of a corporation mismanages money like this they get FIRED.......We need to replenish Washington with an ENTIRE new group of PEOPLE that love this country the way a lot of us do!!!!!!.........It's "WE THE PEOPLE"...........<a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlv7yv_obama-raise-taxes-capital-gains-for-purposes-of-fairness-2008_news" target="_blank">Obama Raise Taxes, Capital Gains - For Purposes of Fairness 2008 - Video Dailymotion</a></blockquote>

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