re: #81 kirkspencer

Theoretically, you’re right. Practically, the rich man is an attitude of acquisitiveness. Gaining wealth, or at least sustaining it, takes precedence.

In this light, when the argument against health care being paid for by higher taxes is that it’s taking money away from people is, it is “the rich” demonstrating how they will not be caring for the least of these my brethren.

The real problem with “the rich” is that there aren’t enough of them when you start talking tax increases. You really need the lifting power of the middle class. That never seems as popular as sticking it to “the rich”.