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"I want less government. Less involvement. Imagine the economy if the government wasn't taking 30% of what you make. If you had back even 10% of what you're giving them right now, would you be able to afford your own health care insurance with ease?"
& "rich bailing out" comments...
for one thing, living in america doesn't take that much money. any moron can live comfortably (or more than such) on $150 - $200k a year, so long as they don't get caught up in excessive consumer luxury spending. finance management is essential.
a democracy can be viewed by how it takes care of it's weakest, not strongest. the foundations of america, to not have people starving and dying and going uneducated and forgotten; that is what we should strive for as a nation.
the idea of the individual and free market capitalism and greed is sort of what ruins america, not what makes it. if you're making such ridiculous sums of money, i can't see how you'd even be able to spend it, much less be pissed that your government (which, by the way, provides you with the necessary freedoms to earn that much) takes more from you than those who can't feed their families or keep their houses.