Tis the season (fair share tax on the rich making $250,000 or more)

[Omaha Steve]

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by Jonathan Tasini
Friday 19 of December, 2008
Posted to Front Page Posts

Nothing is keeping my anger quotient higher than the refusal by politicians in New York state--and across the nation--to tax the rich. It is nothing less than an obscenity. We've got mountains of money piled high in a few bank accounts--and, yet, no one wants to ask those fortunate few to stop cuts in hospitals, education and basic services.

Let me say it clearly: the rich are killing people. Seriously. More people will get sick and die because these bastards won't step forward and say, "we should pay our fair share". And we have cowards--like our governor in New York--who won't demand that the rich pay their fair share.

The one thing that probably stops me from bursting a blood vessel is that there are people who are trying to pry some money from those who have it. One coalition is the Fair Share Tax Reform. Here's an ad it will be running in New York: video