Why is it that we still have politicians thinking taxing the rich can grow the economy. In watching Obama on the O'Reilly factor last night I could not believe it when he said "if I can afford it, why not pay more." Well to that I say go ahead and pay more on your taxes but do not force me to. Taxing success is not going to help anyone. You have people who work less because they do not want to move up a tax bracket. Is it not common sense to think that is bad for the economy? People should think the harder they work, the more they make the better, not the other way around. As O'Reily attempted to point out, if you tax capital gains people will invest less, that is just common sense. But what about punishing those who work hard and do well? The way our system is now the middle class gets the brunt of everything. There are so many tax breaks and benefits for those under a certain income level, that if you are middle class it as though you make less. Case and point, I make my 1st graders lunch every day, if I was to have him buy lunch at school it would cost me $495 for the entire year. Yet someone who makes less and does not have to pay for their kids lunch saves $495 per child. Then you move on to utilities where they get breaks so there is no incentive to use less energy because they can use twice as much as me and pay the same amount. I set my thermostat at 79 degrees in the summer, not because I do not want to make the planet warmer but because I do not want to have a thousand dollar electric bill. Those are just a few examples of the unfairness of the system. Liberals try to say the system is tipped to the rich, which in some cases is true but our tax code is definitely tipped to the poor. Taxes that they consider regressive are really a misnomer. It is a fair tax because everyone is taxed the same regardless of how much or how little they make. For example liberals like to say a flat sales tax is regressive, but since food is not taxed, the extras are and the more you make the more you are going to spend on extras. Regardless of all else our tax code should not punish prosperity, the government should be a boost not a hindrance to our success.