What Are Rich People Thinking?

"pamonpoint" below has it exactly right. I'm affected by the tax hikes but that really didn't factor in to the decision at all (even if it had, only the amount above $250k is affected and we don't make much more than that.) Rising tide and all that.

Besides, the Republican party has been doing an amazing job of driving away the "elites". See David Brooks in the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10brooks.html

The self interest of all would say that a president who has nearly driven the country of the tracks and the party that lauded him all the way along simply can't be trusted to run the nation anymore. What is so hard to understand? The rich have more at stake in the mismanagement of the nation thus it makes perfect sense that they would pick a president of the Harvard Law Review over number 795 out of his class of 800 at the military academy. DUH!

HMMMMMM? WONDER HOW MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MAKE OVER $250K? MAYBE ALL OF THEM,AND YOU THINK THEY WILL RAISE THEIR OWN TAX'S? WAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

With all due respect, did this article actually say anything or provide any real examples/data to answer the posed question?

Or maybe they figured out the widening gap between that top 5 percent and everyone else isn't worth it.
Getting more money in consumers who are 70 percent of the economy makes sense.It needs to be unredistributed from the top few money makers.

WHEN THE MIDDLE CLASS DO WELL SO DO THE RICH.WE ARE OUR BROTHER KEEPER,WE CAN'T LIVE IN THIS WORLD AND NOT HELP OTHERS.

Or maybe they think the pendulum has swung so far it isn't working. Either as enough income to balance the budget,,or enough trickle down to support consumers buying. 70-75 percent of the economy.

How's this for a concept: Depite the talk of tax increases, my husband and I voted for Barack Obama because we believe that he is, hands-down, the best choice for President. We are appalled by the lack of competence, integrity and intelligence demonstrated by the Bush Administration. We have watched our constituional rights degrade in a toxic atmosphere of faux patriotism based on sloganeering, name-calling, abuse of power and intolerance for dissent. We watched our country rush into a misguided, mismanaged war that has sacrificed thousands of lives and eaten up the funds we need for infrastructure, education, the justice system and a host of other matters here at home. We have suffered the embarrassment of a President who dragged his feet on admitting the human factor in global warming and who actively discouraged scientific revelations to the contrary. We are desperately concerned for the future of our country and our planet. Although we, like most Americans, have seen our savings slip away, our dollars shrink and our cost of living expand, we never considered voiting for the McCain/Palin ticket. The McCain who emerged in this campaign was no longer a man we respected for his personal sacrifice and long record of independent-thinking bipartisanship. His running mate was not even someone we could take seriously. We could not trust them with our future. Thus, there was no question about our vote. We chose the reasoned, analytical, forward-thinking Mr. Obama who is grounded in a deep understanding of our Constitution and who has demonstrated the kind of brilliance and temperament we need. In light of the innumerable weighty problems our country faces, taxes were not even part of the equation.

How's this for a concept: Depite the talk of tax increases, my husband and I voted for Barack Obama because we believe that he is, hands-down, the best choice for President. We are appalled by the lack of competence, integrity and intelligence demonstrated by the Bush Administration. We have watched our constituional rights degrade in a toxic atmosphere of faux patriotism based on sloganeering, name-calling, abuse of power and intolerance for dissent. We watched our country rush into a misguided, mismanaged war that has sacrificed thousands of lives and eaten up the funds we need for infrastructure, education, the justice system and a host of other matters here at home. We have suffered the embarrassment of a President who dragged his feet on admitting the human factor in global warming and who actively discouraged scientific revelations to the contrary. We are desperately concerned for the future of our country and our planet. Although we, like most Americans, have seen our savings slip away, our dollars shrink and our cost of living expand, we never considered voiting for the McCain/Palin ticket. The McCain who emerged in this campaign was no longer a man we respected for his personal sacrifice and long record of independent-thinking bipartisanship. His running mate was not even someone we could take seriously. We could not trust them with our future. Thus, there was no question about our vote. We chose the reasoned, analytical, forward-thinking Mr. Obama who is grounded in a deep understanding of our Constitution and who has demonstrated the kind of brilliance and temperament we need. In light of the innumerable weighty problems our country faces, taxes were not even part of the equation.

IF THE MIDDLE CLASS PROSPHER SO DO THE RICH.

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The rich don't mind paying more for taxes beacuse they know that they can turn around and charge the public more for their services. Amazing concept I know but you people aren't really so naive to believe that they are just going to agree to giving their money to other people... whats been stopping them for the past two hundred years?

Look at the people we are talking about here. These are the real "rich" people. They are not making $250k/yr. These people are actually rich. Very different then the line Obama drew in the sand for what determines rich. These people don't care because you can tax them as much as you want and they will always be rich. Lets take S.F. for example. If you make $250k/yr and have a wife and a couple kids with a mortgage, you may live more comfortable than most, but you are by no means rich. On top of that, you probably just worked your ass off to get to that point and now are going to be cut right back down.

There is a significant number of "wealthy " folks who are liberal socially and therefore not inclined to vote republican. Finally, it would be very hard to change the Jewish/Indian/Chinese vote to conservative, even though they are socially and fiscally conservative.