re: #168 drcordell

Well said.

The focus on income taxes is always kind of funny to me, given the existence of capital gains taxes. As Buffett and others have repeatedly reminded us, most of the ultra-rich pay a lower percentage of taxes than do people like myself, who make quite a high wage but who rely on income from actual work rather than unearned income.

This is one of the main things contributing to the increasing gap in wealth between the richest 1% and the middle class.

Social, economic mobility is at the heart of the American dream, and the blunt reality is that our mobility has been slowing and slowing over the years.

We need to revitalize the economic mobility in the US. We need it badly.