I belong to the "lower ended wage earner" bracket. I pay nearly 30% of my income in federal tax.

I think we can all agree that business today differs greatly from business of the past. There are some exceptions of course, but when you look at big business, it seems many of the executive fat cats don't earn an honest living. For example, who said "with shared sacrifice, comes shared reward"? 9,000 (correct me if I'm wrong) people are still sacrificing, while one person is reaping the reward. What happened to honest good business where the consumer feels like he's gotten his monies worth. Today, it's how can business take advantage of the consumer, and the consumer not have recourse.

If a wealthy person can make an honest living, let them enjoy their success. If they make a living by pinning misfortunes on others, they should have to pay 100% of their income in taxes and go to federal pound them in the dumper prison.