I completely disagree on your statement about drive and who makes what happen. You have no idea what drive I have had and what I have gone through and done for others. I'm not going to explain it here either. That would be a book. I suppose you are right when it comes to each person making the decision on how much money a person needs and it being a free society. I'm not against people being wealthy. I would like to see everyone become wealthy but I highly doubt that would happen. It is admirable to make jobs for others, but if the middle class can't afford to buy then business will close. Middle class are often the people working for the companies. Both the business owners and the workers can have drive and both are equally important.
Sheri, you are right in that if the middle class can't afford to buy, businesses will close. But you CANNOT take from the businesses and their owners, and hand it to the "middle class" as a gift, just so they can let the business earn it again. It does not work that way.
Since the beginning of this country, people have striven to provide a better life for their kids than they had growing up. I think that's done, I think for the most part the plateau has been reached. At first it was because of rural vs. urban opportunities, then educational opportunities, then race/sex opportunities. Now that it's reasonably close to a level playing field, some people don't want to play anymore.
This country needs people with belief in free economy, needs people with work ethic, needs people who will take a chance at failure because there is a reward for success. Penalize (tax) my success, and why should I bother?
I don't have a problem with flat tax, or national sales tax instead of income tax, or something other than what we have.
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