Obama said it on during his speech on the budget. Ultra rich liberals use it as an excuse to raise taxes on the upper class. But it is a lie none the less. A classic example of this big lie came in the 2003 California governors race. Arianna Huffington a liberal multi-millionaire was taking the typical line that the way out of California's fiscal mess was to tax the rich. Her opponent Arnold Schwarzenegger pointed out that although she was very rich, she paid no taxes in the previous year. Her defense was that her deductions were all legal.

Thus the big lie. Just because you can legally claim a tax deduction doesn't mean you have to. And even if you did decide to take all of your "legal" deductions, you can still donate money to the government. That is how the Federal government use to operate. All income came from tariffs and donations.

So you see all the ultra rich liberals out there can pay more taxes if they really wanted to. Barack Obama could donate his salary to the country and still be pretty well off. Bill Clinton could donate more of his income to the country and still be well off. They are all hypocrites. The goal is not to increase tax revenue. The goal is to redistribute wealth. That is it is to redistribute everyone else's wealth. Meaning the middle and upper-middle class.

So the next time an ultra rich liberal says they wished that they can pay more taxes. Tell them to prove it. Lets see them write a big check to the government right then and there.

-- Thomas Paine 2

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