You know, I find myself agreeing with those reasonable fellows at Occupy Wall Street - rich people should pay their fair share. And I think that we need to start with <a href="http://news.investors.com/Article/599002/201201260818/obama-white-house-staff-back-taxes.htm">Obama's aides</a>:<blockquote>
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A&nbsp;new report just out from the Internal Revenue Service reveals that 36 of President Obama's executive office staff owe the country $833,970 in back taxes. These people working for Mr. Fair Share apparently haven't paid any share, let alone their fair share.</div>
</blockquote>And apparently, hope and change hasn't reached the other federal government officials. Those <a href="http://news.investors.com/Article/599002/201201260818/obama-white-house-staff-back-taxes.htm">pesky income taxes</a>:<br />
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The report finds that thousands of federal employees&nbsp;owe the country more than $3.4 billion in back taxes. That's up 3% in the past year. <br />
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If tax evasion is good enough for Tim Geithner, it's good enough for other federal employees. Lead by example.<br />
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Rush Limbaugh noted last week that over 8,000 people in the country pay $280 billion in taxes. So for a thought experiment, let's double the amount of taxes they pay (to make Warren Buffet happy), and so now the government seizes an additional $280 billion from them. That extra money squeezed from the rich, who aren't paying their fair share (of course) would fund the country for an additional 18 days. 18 days is all $280 billion will run this country.<br />
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Being a liberal means never having to think. As long as you feel deeply about something, that's good enough. With apologies to Tina Turner, what's hypocrisy got to do with it?<br />