If we're not going to tax the rich anymore, we're going to create class warfare.
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I hear all this, you know, 'Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.' No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own - nobody.
Everything the working class has been told to do, the rich do not do. That is my message.
Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.
Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry 'class warfare!'
The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
You can tax the rich all you want. The problem is there aren't enough of the rich.
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
You know what isn't class warfare? Progressive taxation, as in, say, expecting billionaires to pay at least as much in taxes as their secretaries. Ideally, in fact, they should pay more.
When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.
America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.