Class Warfare, Pandering - Success is the Fresh Target

If you watched the debate last night, you likely saw what I saw. The level of class warfare was astounding...even for this group of populist, vote panderers. Success was under attack...and it looks to only get worse. Here's the deal; if you've worked hard your entire life to make something of yourself, and after 20-30 years of 10-12 hour days, finally find yourself making a "comfortable" income, maybe even a business owner with employees...congratulations...you are now part of the "elite class", and you owe FAR more than the 30% plus each year that you've already paid in taxes, each and every year.

And here you thought this entire time that you were just working your butt off so that you, your family and your employees would have a shot at living the American dream...shame on you, Mr/Ms Greedy.
You ARE the 1%...and if you don't feel guilty about your prosperity, then you are a heartless, sub-human...and you must make amends. Think they were targeting only billionaires? Continue being naive if you life, but when the brackets are "adjusted" for those families making more than 150k/year, think back to this VRA Update. Like the Roman empire, it's just a matter of time until taxes MUST be increased on all...just so we can continue making the interest payments on our government debt. 

As to these Lilly-white, find a tanning salon candidates, I kept waiting for someone to make the following points:

1) each candidate on stage has been on the public teat for 90% (minimum) plus of their adult life. Owning and operating a successful business is the very last thing they have experience with. Maybe that's why they hate successful business people so much...they have NO clue what it actually takes to build something of their own...they prefer taking other peoples stuff. 
2) incredibly, even on those low government salaries, they've each somehow managed to amass great wealth (yes, even Bernie...compared to the have-nots he loves to compare himself to). Talk about perverse capitalism. It's actually called socialism...where gov. office holders have both the power and the money...while claiming to be "one of us".
3) For a party that talks about their singular commitment to diversity, I don't recall seeing any non-whites onstage for the Dems last night. Hmm...if I'm not mistaken, Republican debates seem to have more of that rainbow look to them. Carson (black), Cruz (Hispanic), Rubio (Cuban), and Jindal (Indian)...add in Fiorina for gender diversity...and only a blind person could make the claim that Dems are the party committed to diversity. Of course, no one in the media will ever make this point...but you know if the roles were reversed, the media would be all over it.
I can point out tons of flaws in Republican candidates as well...one of them will likely lead us into WW3 in the not too distant future, and of course Wall Street and banks have been out of control for decades...but last night was a disgrace for the great America that I know. Many of my friends...each highly successful, hard working and intelligent, believe that it's very likely too late to reverse things. They fear our best days are behind us, and Roman Empire part 2 is just around the corner. 

I'm an optimist at heart...but after last night, my glass feels a bit half-empty. Populism is always easy...but it's also incredibly lazy and intellectually disingenuous. 

Kip