[TheRealThing]

^^Billionaires are taxed on income, not wealth. The level of their income is subject to be mitigated by everything from equipment upgrades, to overhead, to investments, travel, sumptuous business lunches and anything else one could imagine. The Buffets and Cubans out there know their wealth will remain protected as long as the establishment way of doing things remains in force, and of course, that would be Hillary's side.

I agree with you about some companies seeking huge profit margins. Unscrupulous CEO's sometimes see an opportunity to drive up stock prices by overcharging and even cannibalizing their own company's infrastructure so as to create wider margins. Then when stock is at it's manipulated highest the CEO sells out, takes his severance and retires with intentions of living the high life. That's greed. And the company which is left behind is stuck with the grief of cleaning up the mess to see if they can reclaim their former state of solvency which, often means layoffs, hard feelings, and even merger or closure. And then there are those such as Wells Fargo who game the system, knowing they will either be bailed out or excused by government loopholes.

But don't buy the baloney the Dems want to feed you about the rich paying their fair share. The whole notion is a lie. Business owners operate within the laws which govern commerce in this country, and the laws and regs are replete to say the least. There is nothing within the US Constitution by which we can justify the idea that the rich of this land were ever meant to take care of the less fortunate. At one point we relied on taxes to finance this nation's well being from certain perspectives such as infrastructure and the Armed Services. Liberal politics has added 50 million on food stamps along with free housing and utilities, and nobody knows how many or to what extent ObamaCare will weigh down the once comfortable middle class with unrealistic tax burdens.

There is no such thing as a fair amount to tax people for giveaway programs. However, everybody would voluntarily give some amount of their income to help the poor. The problem is the government seizing the people's money to give it to those who are poor and who conveniently happen to always vote for them. Helping people is one thing, demanding a comfortable lifestyle on the taxpayer dime is a very different deal.