(thanks to David Flanders for passing this one along….)
Yes, Virginia, the rich really ARE different. They have better accountants, better tax attorneys, better lobbyists, they can pay more for politicians…and they have the Louis B. Mayer Clause. No, it does NOT suck to be rich in America….
Read this; if it doesn’t make you angry, Mitt Romney probably has you on speed dial. And if you don’t think American government is of, by, and for the wealthiest among us, I’d submit that you simply aren’t paying attention. Income inequality didn’t just happen; it was engineered by those with enough money to buy themselves the politicians and lawyers necessary to craft a tax policy that forces their tax burden onto the shoulders of the poor and the middle class.
Remember the Golden Rule: Those who have the gold really do make the rules.
