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I didn't say the elite weren't to blame, but simply "taxing the wealthy" isn't going to solve anything. Period.
Well, I guess that we'd have to define "anything". Also, I disagree with the use of the conclusive word "period".
Even the most minimalist of governments needs taxes to operate. These taxes have to come from somewhere in the many tiers of society. Either they come from the working poor, the wealthy, or both. Saying that extracting more taxes from one tier, as a matter of logic and socioeconomic justice, doesn't solve anything is a hyperbolic fallacy. Sure it solves something. It creates tax revenue from a tier of society that many people think is vastly under-taxed on a percentage basis. This means that less tax needs to be extracted from the other tier. That also solves something, as it keeps more money in the pockets of the middle class and the poor.
When you consider the financial disaster that was formulated and executed entirely by the wealthiest class of society, to the detriment of the lower classes, and then the fact that our tax money was used to cover their losses, then defending the wealthy against tax increases is indefensible and wreaks of either self interest or brain washing. Sorry. It makes zero sense in any realm of economics nor class justice. Additionally, we have had continuous war for the last decade that many, many people think is also to benefit the wealthy. And it goes beyond just oil. And we have to pay for that as well. Last, how much of your tax money do you think is spent every year that will never beneit you nor anyone in your class, ever? A large portion of government spending benefits big business, internationally, and will never come back to you for your benefit. You pay for the subsidizing that benefits only them. And yet, men complain when people demand that the wealthy get tax increases to just match what their taxes were 10 or 15 years ago. What a shame.
Just what does the upper class have to do to stop having middle and lower class defenders?
It seems as if they get away with whatever they wish, no matter how criminal, and yet, according to some, have economic carte blanche continuously. There is no end to the length of their leash. I have a feeling that some of these guys have such "wealthy man" fetish that they would allow them to eventually come in their houses and fuck their wives, girlfriends and mothers as they proudly looked on that a wealthy man was nice enough to bless his house by giving his wife a good sticking. They may as well, as they allow the wealthy to figuratively fuck themselves and everyone else in society in the ass without economic or criminal repercussions.
Defending the wealthy, if you aren't one of them, is 'beta" politics and "beta" economics. I wish men would stop fetishistizing other classes, other men, and stand up for their self interests.