Forum Post: Us Vs. Them

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-super-rich.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=buffett%20and%20taxes&st=cse

And pay attention: “…But for those making more than $1 million — there were 236,883 such households in 2009 — I would raise rates immediately on taxable income in excess of $1 million, including, of course, dividends and capital gains. And for those who make $10 million or more — there were 8,274 in 2009 — I would suggest an additional increase in rate.”

I can verify these numbers as accurate because I have been working on the Census data to see where middle incomes drop off and where upper incomes pick up. At least me and Mr. Buffett have one thing in common. We both look at the same data correctly.

In total, there are 245,157 people in the United States who make more than $1 million. 245,157 slave owners.

245,157 financial terrorists.

Oh, and by the way…

535 people are in Congress

237 of the 535 people in Congress are millionaires.

If you let the income number slip to $750,000 then, the number increases to 428.

There is no motivation for the majority of Congress to think of any legislation that reduces the financial burdens of the Working Class. We are here for their continued benefit. We are constantly kept distracted with all sorts of smoke screens, shiny new toys and dividing lines to keep us off balance, mollified and attacking our own. The rest of America make $250,000 and below. This is the other side of the gulf. $750,000+ separates us from them.

As of September 27, 2011, the United States has a total resident population of 312,259,000.

312,013,843 versus 245,157

As of 30 September 2010, 1,430,895 people were on active duty in the military.

So, really it is…

310,582,948 versus 1,430,895 controlled by 245,157

Unless, we have our own “Arab Spring”. Then, the 1,430,895 would diminish.

Granted, in any revolution, people will die but, there is no motivation for the 99.5% to rise up against the .5%. We The People are not starving 18th Century Frenchmen and Frenchwomen. If we were, there would be more righteous outrage and action. But, a few of us, are cleaning the rust off our verbal pitchforks, lighting the torches of our hearts and marching into the streets with one voice. We will wake the sleeping to vigilance with the shouts of our outrage.

Too bad it is national news when a new iPad or iPhone come out. They found a way to run advertisements disguised as news articles.