It's Nice To Be Rich.

Most of us, not all, envy the rich. Fantasies about owning yachts or beach homes in exclusive neighborhoods or never having to feel materially deprived are in our minds. In fact I am pretty confident that most of us don't begrudge the wealthy their wealth or mock the lives they live. Republicans have successfully built a narrative around the wealthy that just isn't right. They have half the country believing that the wealthy pay enough, that if we ask them to pay more it will stall economic growth, and cuts in government must come from programs that help everyone else. It boggles my mind how such an explanation has stuck to so many Americans that have bought the notion of a socialist President and actually will vote against their own interests without even realizing it. The issue is, that Mitt Romney as an example, has a tax rate of 35% but only paid 14%. If he contributed up to half of what he was supposed to pay, that would have been an additional million or so dollars, leaving him still wealthy and economically advantaged. It isn't that people are rich, it is that they are insulated from the real lives or real programs that help those who simply do not have the financial ability to make it to the 1%. A simple adjustment in the contributions from the wealthiest amongst us would solve most of the budgetary problems we face. I hope the President lays out this reality in his State of the Union Address tonight. Where are you Americans for reason and truth?