Reminder: 81% of Americans want to tax the rich to end the deficit. Austerity is BS.

[grahamhgreen]

All social spending reduction talk is crap.

Until we start taxing the rich, spending cuts should be off the table.

Once we start taxing the hoarders, we can talk about cutting off the heat for grandma Millie.

"The most popular: placing a surtax on federal income taxes for those who make more than $1 million per year (81 percent said that was acceptable), eliminating spending on earmarks (78 percent), eliminating funding for weapons systems the Defense Department says aren’t necessary (76 percent) and eliminating tax credits for the oil and gas industries (74 percent). "

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41876558/ns/politics

[EFerrari]

1. Agreed. This austerity cr@p is a big scam.

Of all the things I don't agree with about our government, this one pisses me off the most. How are they pull this cr@p now when so many people haven't even recovered from the last scam.

[defendandprotect]

2. Unfortunately, most of our elected officials are rich and protecting their own interests -- !!

[msongs]

3. 81% of people in this poll are smarter than the world's allegedly smartest man nt

[Beaverhausen]

4. I'm all for taxing the rich, but that alone won't end the deficit

how about taxing companies who send jobs overseas? How about cutting the defense budget? How about making corporations like Exxon pay their fair share?

edit- OK I guess I should read the entire OP before posting. Looks like I said the same thing they did.

[handmade34]

5. the "shared sacrifice" meme

is a con... the wealthy are not sacrificeing; therefore there is no shared sacrifice... time for change folks

[Quantess]

6. K & R

I can't find anything to disagree with here.

[mmonk]

7. It doesn't matter what we want. We are not in charge.

[Enthusiast]

8. 81% is a pretty significant.

Still, there will be no tax increase on the wealthy. The wealthy have bought our government.

[progressoid]

9. Too bad the powers in DC have already decided to screw the 81%