What Are Rich People Thinking?

Sunshine, Kennedy is still alive someplace, the moon shot was faked, and if we wear aluminum foil hats, the government cant read our minds... We all know that there is one secret organization that runs the world so he had to have their approval to get there.

I am happy that those who would be most affected by rolling back of tax cuts sa beyond themselves and understood what our constitution TRULY says. FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE. That means ALL people! This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the American heart is in the right place even when its hard. Sunshine, get over it, I am sure you aren't even in that tax bracket you don't have enuff class.

@ a midwest mom,
where do you get your numbers? obama overran mccain in the popular vote 65.9M to 57.7M while bush best kerry by 62M-59M...and the electoral college was a landslide! get your head out of your red state and look around you.

and i like the typical legislate from the bench hogwash that republicans use when court decisions go against you. just because you don't agree with the court decision, didn't mean the court legislated from the bench. live with it...its called a check against another branch. so under your view brown v. the board of education was not a valid decision, right? courts should not review and overturn laws that are passed regardless of what that law says...right? separate by equal is completely acceptable in a free society? yes? what? speak up...i can't hear you...

that's what i thought....

maybe its worth a couple extra bucks to those that have it to be more respected around the world, have tighter oversight on our financial markets, and maybe help a few of your less fortunate citizens while you're at it. i'll be paying more when my tax cuts expire, but you know what? i'll be fine in the end and maybe my share helped a few extra people along the way get health care or a college education along the way. i'm good...

Take one look at how the markets have performed under Bush and the GOP and you have your answer. Rich people like to make money just as much or more than anybody and they understand that the Republican way just wasn't working. They paid slightly higher taxes under Clinton, but made ten times more in the market and in their investments, and the national treasury was in healthy shape. It's an easy trade-off; a no brainer.

Hmm... could it be that perhaps most of the "rich" live in California and the northeast... both of which are heavily Democrat and would have voted for Obama anyhow. I don't think there was any evidence presented here that these "rich" people would have voted Republican no matter who the candidate was. Just because a person is very rich does not mean that they will not elect a Democrat... that's crazy. What is crazy is saying that they voted for a Democrat knowing that the Democrat is going to raise their taxes and they will be less well-off. That's crazy because most very rich people find lots of ways of getting out of paying their taxes when the tax rates are higher. Rich people tend to pay more taxes when the rates are lower and they feel that it is more fair for them-- which explains why, under the Bush tax cuts, the rich have been paying more taxes... not just because of increased earnings but also because they didn't try to hide their money so as not to pay taxes on it!

Most high income earners will do much better under dems. What they lose in taxes, they will more than make the difference with greater volume. walsto

The wealthy voted for Obama because the wealthy understand money and politics. They know that when it comes to economics it really doesn't matter who's in the White House, what matters is how people feel about who's in the White House.

Right now there is no real difference politically between Democrats and Republicans: each will say or do whatever is necessary to get elected and stay there. There is no ethical or moral imperitive for either party. Altogether a very sad state of affairs.

I'm lucky enough to make more than $250K, and I'll see a tax increase, but that's OK. The Republicans have bought into this "government is bad, free enterprise is the answer to everything" philosophy. My business does better when EVERYONE is doing better, and people can afford to buy my services. It's really about fundamentals. Every bubble bursts, and it should be the government's job with monetary policy to prevent the wild swings in the economy we've seen over the past 6 years. They had the opportunity to do that and chose not to, instead making Wall St. like the wild west, and not we're all paying the price. The economy always does better over the long haul when Democrats are in charge.

People of all income groups simply voted for "Change" without bothering to ask "what KIND of change?"
If Obama can deliver meaningful "change" that the people agree with, he'll be OK. If not, then the Mid-Term elections are only 2 years away, and then the Republicans will do what the Democrats in Congress did for the last 2 years - Non-stop investigations and partisan bickering to make Obama look inept.

Do you suppose that these wealthy yuppies may be looking beyond their immediate economic self interests and were voting for the hopes of a better America under an Obama administration? Maybe they realize that self sacrifice is part of the bargain. If Mr. Gross was out looking for McCain Palin buttons, I'm not surprised he doesn't get that.