Well, I really believe the rub is in how Your money is spent, emphasis on “Your”. As a card carrying member of the proletariat Obama does not want to “take more of (my) money”. As he stated very clearly this tax increase affects “rich people like myself [sic]“. As a member of the unwashed masses who raise Your Kobe beef, transport Your Bentleys, and prevent forest fires from burning down Your ski resort towns, I hold slight reproach towards putting heavier monetary pressure on the patriciate. Considering the vast discrepancies in income between the power elite and hoi polloi in the States, the lack of social services provided, and the laughably low tax rates the upper echelon enjoys compared to the Northern European (see – developed first world; what we claim to be) nations, I do believe that taxing the horsey set may do America some good. That is considering that that money is spent appropriately, i.e. on social services, scholarship, and environmental protection, rather than on building the industrial-military complex that is just so darn swell for our economy. While I hope your disapprobation is due to the fear of mishandling thats been ingrained into the minds of Americans over the past 8yrs. rather than not being able to make the next mortgage payment on your house on Nantucket (refinancing?), I can assure you that with Obama in office next year (we can wish right) there is a high probability that the extra cash you will be doling out will go to assuage the coping pains felt by the backbone of this great nation (old, poor, helpless) as they make their way into this 21st century America that is resembling feudal Europe more and more daily. If you don’t agree with this then put your money where your mouth is and support your local republican (my vote’d go to Thompson) who will be more than willing to give us, and Obama’s plans for America, the finger.