"Tough crap for you guys, because I’m not tired of talking about it. I’ve known rich people, and why not, since I’m one of them? The majority would rather douse their dicks with lighter fluid, strike a match, and dance around singing “Disco Inferno” than pay one more cent in taxes to Uncle Sugar. The Koch brothers are right-wing creepazoids… " Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake!
This great column over at the Daily Beast is full of righteous anger and naughty language. CUJO has been let loose on the GOP! Mr King is not promoting a 3.2% tax raise on the wealthy by recinding the Bush Tax Cuts, but says it should go up 15% on the wealthy, up to 50%. His argument is that charity giving is all fine and well, and appreciated, but for the most part it goes to the wealthy’s whims rather than the poor who suffer the most in a capitalist system.
The contract for Capitalism has from the gitgo been to let the free market play while insuring a CIVILIZED safety net that can at the very least alleviate hunger, homelessness, and poor health to people other than in jail. Which is pretty much the difference between Europe and us. Socialism (which is not socialism but pluralism) versus Jail.