Class Warfare

I was catching up on The Daily Show last night, and came across this episode discussing tax cuts and Warren Buffet's advocacy for increased taxes among the wealthy.
It is shocking how many Americans are so adamantly against tax raises in the top 2 tax brackets. The bottom 51% of our population controls 2% of the wealth of this nation among them all, making it apparent why they are exempt from federal taxes.  Yet, many Americans seem to believe that "everyone should pay something" and that taxing these people (an average family in this category is a family of 4 living on $23,000) will somehow make up our deficit.
Another suggestion John Stewart noted was to cut certain "big-spending" public services, such as NPR.

I think these are all issues of not looking at an issue from the perspective of others. You might not use particular public services or be scraping by on a minimal paycheck, but others are. Imagine what these taxes and cuts would do to them. That is where the dissonance is: people aren't looking at what is best for the nation as a whole or as a community, everyone is looking out for themselves as individuals.

It is a touchy issue: how to make up the deficit? but it seems uncalled for to go after the people in this country who already control very little.

Class warfare is a real issue and being "working class" or "poor" is becoming more and more of a stigma and our system is becoming more and more caste-like for these people--there is literally no way out. Especially with the attitudes of the media and so many that we idolize.

Watch the episode for a light-hearted look at the issue!