re: #431 HappyWarrior

I think people are pissed off because they see the wealthy acting like a tax hike on them would somehow ruin their lives. That I know is what pisses me off. I am not a radical person but I get annoyed with the wealthy and their political allies acting like returning tax brackets to Clinton era levels or repealing the Bush era tax cuts would somehow ruin freedom. That’s intellectually dishonest and they know it.

YES. THIS.

I’m generally not the radical, let’s-all-go-make-signs-and-protest type. In fact, I shy away from that as much as possible since I don’t see the point. HOWEVER, that said, I totally get the rage driving the OWS demonstrations. Some white-collar asshole making six or seven figures a year whining about how his taxes going up a couple of percentage points back to Clinton-era levels is the end of freedom makes me want to punch things.