Is nothing more than a psychological ploy used by these politicians to pander to the lower class who ENVY what the rich has.  The not so cleverly hidden principle here is the Robin Hood Principle  Steal from the rich (via the IRS) and promise to give it to the poor in return for their VOTES.  The truth is that the upper income earners in this country pay about 75 percent of all the revenue taken in by the federal government.  The TRICK these dems used during the last round of TAX REFUNDS (the money actually belongs to those who earn it NOT the government was to sweep the concept of PERCENTAGES under the rug and steered the focus on the end dollar amounts.  For instance the upper income earners received about a 3% refund of their monies while the lower income earners received a ten percent.  What they did was compare the dollar amounts and JUST LIKE A SPOILED little child got every one ranting because Johnny "appeared" to get more marbles than Sammy per sae.  Lets use a standard measure of 100,000 in income tax (not income) that was perhaps paid by a "rich person"  three percent of that is $3000 THEIR REFUND...while 10 PERCENT of say $3000 the average amount most lower income earners pay is $300.  They compared the $3000 to $300 and got exactly the response they wanted. Then we will simply forget the many in the lower brackets pay ABSOLUTELY zero taxes and they still received their REBATES (OTHER PEOPLES MONIES)...Can someone please tell me what is UN FAIR about this?  Other than the envious want what someone else has...yet those who live in envy of the rich will not, and do not make the proper life choices or sacrifices to themselves become wealthy...so they want mommy and daddy to reach into other peoples pockets and pass the results of their hard work  to others who won't and don't.  Welcome to socialism 101.  And finally if these dolts are ever successful in breaking the back of corporate America and limiting the amount of wealth one can acquire...guess what happens?  Yep JOBS JOBS JOBS go out the door and  those low income earners who envied the rich will themselves BE OUT OF WORK....Then who ya gonna blame?

And, the nonesense of playing the Rich VS Poor, is nothing more than a way to evoke ENVY from those who DON'T have and garner and gain political power and control because people will SELL their vote in return for the government (mommy and daddy) "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor (them).  Then all they do is continue to prostitute their loyalty in return for minor handouts while those ELITISTS (the LORDS, remember feudalism) tax, tax, tax and dole out only enough to keep the poor subservient.  But even that isn't enough as the number of middle class who have left the ranks of middle class (by the fruits of their OWN HARD LABOR) continue to succeed the LORDS will tax and tax again until they once again are members of their "rightful" place (middle class)  And those who have prospered, will then be dragged ever BACKWARD to keep the so-called scales balanced until there are really only two classes of people those who have (never mind that the LORDS and the PEDDLERS of this system - the elites who are so concerned about the poor themselves SKIM off the top and live extravagant lifestyles) will ONLY be them and all they have to do is convince everyone that YEP you need to pay more taxes and we (the Lords or Government) will take care of you.  Yes, the middle class has shunk somewhat but it hasn't all been a backward slide many including myself have CLIMBED out of that  abyss.   I also know that if these idiots who tout taxes piled upon taxes succeed, this entire economy will go belly up and ONLY they will have while everyone else is told to struggle, make sacrifices and learn to live within their means.  Pavlov and his planned programmed conditioned response laid the ground work for what has now become sixty years of social conditioning.  And, the LORDS are trying to RECLAIM their fiefdoms.  And they succeed, because they seek the counsel of psychologists et al who know how to manipulate people through their emotions sparked by such things as ENVY, SLOTH, GLUTTONY, GREED, and FEAR. The solution is for Americans to start growing up instead of living like perpetual thirteen year olds stuck forever in the seventh grade.  But the POLLS (go along with the crowd and be with the popular side) indicate that isn't what "the people want to hear".No, they were conditioned (educated) to fall right in line and the carrots of someone else’s money via envy greed and the like are the bell these modern day Pavlov's ring.

Another strange thing happens along with this scheming.  The criteria that defines POOR is always shifting upward, to where now one is still considered poor if they A.  Own their own home B. Own their own cars C. have color televisions D. Air conditioning, E. Designer clothes,  F. Cell phones and the list goes on and on.  While the criteria that defines "the rich" is slid backwards to encompass more and more to be dragged into the "tax roles".  Keep that in mind the next time you hear about the rich vs poor charade and nowhere is that more readily highlighted than in the recent attempt to bring almost everyone who has children under the CHIP program including those who's parents earn Sixty to eighty thousand dollars per year. 

Anything I suppose if fair game if it turns control of the populace over to mommy and daddy government, and takes the power away from the people.