Hey Billionaires!

[onehandle]

Suck it!

[LuvLoogie]

1. That's just silly.

[Amonester]

2. A majority of them want to pay more.

So, I'd be more specific, like 'the minority of' Billionaires et al.

[Common Sense Party]

5. Too bad there aren't enough of them for this to be more than

a drop in the bucket.

[Amonester]

6. I agree, but their 'defeat' was necessary.

Long overdue, in fact.

Hope it gets the ball rolling. Otherwise, not much else than delaying the next economic meltdown (worldwide, and not just in the US) this stupid 'austerity' ideology leads to will be accomplished.

[aquart]

3. "It" being caviar?

The nation is at war. High-end tax rates remain destructively low.

[Bigmack]

4. Still nowhere near the highest % of more prosperous times... nt

[Dreamer Tatum]

7. I thought you were announcing a new Apple product.

That being your reason for existence and all.

But I don't get your point - no one makes a billion in a year, and even if they did, boo hoo - 4% more of a billion is still hundreds of millions, or, said differently, a few iPods.

[Luminous Animal]

8. The bulk of the increase is on ordinary income...

billionaires do not make even a tiny percentage of their money on ordinary income.

They, as usual, make it through the virtually unscathed.