The problem is that liberals want to spend everyone else's money, not their own.  BTW, did anyone know that Pelosi (D) received a waiver so she and her husband did not have to pay their employees minimum wage? FACT.  If anyone believes raising taxes on the "rich" will go to lowering the 16 trillion+ hole we are in, I've got some high dry land in the Everglades.....that money will go to welfare recipients, food stamps, illegals, unemployment benefits.....you know, every social program on the planet.  I personally don't want to pay any more then I do now to people who have been collecting for generations.  Since Liberals think people should pay more then I think they should send in more and leave the rest of us alone.  Is there anyone who makes 100,000 profit on one of their investments going to be happy sending in 40,000 instead of 25,000 short term or 15,000 long term.  Again, send the 40k and leave the rest of us alone.  I'd like to list the broken promises but you'd just blame Bush, do any of you have a time frame on when that stops....just curious.