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Originally posted by Not Bob
Does the fact that he lives in a mansion change his commitment? No. Is someone an idiot -- him, or his staff, or Elizabeth, or whoever picked the barber and approved the price -- for getting a $400 haircut, and thereby handing a club to the people who hate him and are scared that he will get the poor and working class to start voting in accordance with their economic interests? Absolutely.
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Whether it changes his commitment is not the point. The point is that he wants to redistribute the income of the middle class to help the poor. If he wants to give money himself, great. It's his, he should do with it what he wants. But if taxes are raised for this cause, it doesn't effect him. It does, however, effect you, me, and others a whole lot less fortunate than us.
On a related point, Ben Stein (yes the Ben Stein that worked in the Nixon White House) is pushing a big tax on the rich. When asked "who is rich" his response was those that make $5MM or more a year. He also stated that those that make a couple hundred on the costs are by no means rich. I agree with this latter point. The former point is attractive too, only because it doesn't effect me. But it does effect those making $5MM. And trust me, they don't think they are rich (at least not on the coasts). They think the guys in the next bracket up are rich.
So the real issue is, where is the "rich line" drawn and who gets to draw it? There is no good answer for this.
