If 23 dollars an hour is financial abuse then please abuse me Meg Whitman. Have your way with me for 23 bucks an hour, unlike the illegal suing you I promise to suffer your abuse without question. Friggin world is upside down.
Latest feel good thing is to tax the rich bastards for all we can get. Trouble is, that's been tried many times before and it always backfires. The Maryland "millionaire tax" cost that state 257 million dollars. The luxury tax on yachts pretty much put the East Coast boat building business out of business. The bad mouthing of corporate jets has put 2700 gulfstream workers out of work. Like it or not the rich spend their money on things that provide many thousands of jobs in this country. Try to treat them unfairly and they will spend it elsewhere. The government is very good at killing the goose which lays the golden eggs. You see, the very rich, in general, are not stupid. They employ tax specialists and accountants who are much better than the government accountants. They are mobile. Tax havens exist all around the world and their private jets are welcome in all those places. Lake Geneva is a lovely place year round. The short-sighted liberals are using this class warfare to get votes. I don't know if it's on purpose or if they are just ignorant. They love to blather on about how unfair the flat tax is with their very deceptive commercials. A consumption tax is obviously the only fair tax possible. You spend half a million for a car and a boat, you pay $100,000 in tax. You spend 100,000 on a car and a boat, you pay 20,000 in tax. The average dude paying 30,000 or so on a car and whatever else they need that year pays 6,000 in taxes. You say, Whoa! that's more than we pay now. Remember, with the consumer tax there is no income tax. If you add your income tax and all the sales taxes, etc. that we now pay, it's a good deal. The great thing is, it would virtually eliminate tax cheating and all money obtained illegally would be taxed as soon as it's spent. Give it some thought, it's a no-brainer.
It's a crime to lie to congress yet they can lie to us with impunity. How the hell did that come about? You can be charged with contempt. Good God, any sane person can't help but have contempt for those smarmy people.
Two things to rember: The law of unintended consequences and when approached by someon e saying "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.", run as fast as you can.