[cobra bill]

I think I'm beginning to understand your disdain for people, I am, as you guys no a liberal, I have never collected any kind of government hand out nor has any of my family, I grew up with 6 brothers and 1 sister, and both parents worked, and most people I know living around me are the same, I'm sure there are people like you described around, they are no doubt every ware but most of the liberals as well as conservatives that I know are hardworking honest people, I don't know what percentage of people are as you described, but I like to think that most Americans are honest hard working people that love there country! Yes we do have a difference in ideology, but we are still all Americans that love our country and only want what's best for it.
This idea of the redistribution of wealth is a bit a red herring, the only people that would get a cut in taxes is people that pay taxes, now some are saying that they will get a return, even if they don't pay federal taxes, but everyone that works, pays federal income tax, some that don't make enough get it back, but that's the ones below the poverty level. Have any of you ever tried to live on that amount of money? I know a lot of senior citizens that are forced to go back to work and do it for minimum wage just to survive! These are still hard working people and deserve some compassion, its the same for the youth, how many of you like me worked and went to college on a minimum wage
job? Well that cannot be done anymore, When I grew up most families only had to have, one income, my parents wanted to buy a business, so both worked hard and achieved there goals, but with the price of everything it's no longer a reality. Two incomes are the norm and even that is not enough to get ahead, much less to even stay afloat. Now I know you would all agree that we should all be responsible for ourselves, and I agree with that, but even the little guy need help with that and if not having him pay as much in taxes as someone that is well off then I think its only right, we have run our debt up to the point ware it is out of control, and it needs to be paid down! I think Bush made a huge mistake asking Americans to just go shop and not sacrifice in anyway or form, and we would just put it on a credit card! Well its time to pay, that card down, and if that means that top 5 percent of hard working Americans have to pay more, they have benefited more! Over the last 30 years that we have been lowering taxes for them.
If 5% of the population have 50% the nations wealth, then its high time they pay for all that they have benefited from.
If we allow the less fortunate to keep more of there money then the wealthy it will only benefit the economy, if as they say is true, and I have no reason to doubt it, 95% of wage earners had more money to spend, and they will, it will almost all go back into the economy and those that are already running those small business are going to see more profits as well, the way it works is from the bottom up, not the top down when 95% put into the economy, its way better then 5% and will turn around the economy much faster!