The way I see it, the argument (((they))) want us to be having, is an argument about the rich not paying enough in taxes when our focus should be on taxation in general and how it's theft/political punishment. I completely agree that the rich don't pay their fair share of taxes but, these days taxation is meaningless with regard to funding the country. The banks, Fed and Treasury create more money out of thin-air--way more than the government could ever collect via taxation--and for that reason taxation has become a carrot/stick to prod voters into voting a specific way.