I thought Senator Hutchison’s abortion stance was interesting… both pro-life and pro-choice groups hate her.

I have no big ideas on this one. Taxes are not a very glamorous topic. People tend to be overly simplistic about taxes – either you are the Joe the Plumber, pull yourself up by your bootstraps / evil corporate greedy zillionaire OR the niave socialist / government bureacrat.

I actually believe in spreading the wealth. But how to do so in a manner that is fair and affective should be the topic of discussion which is not very interesting to most people.

In full disclosure, I am of the well under 200K population, but I am still going to get hit by Obama. I also know people in my neighborhood who are struggling to pay 25K a year in property taxes, mortgage payments (on very ordinary homes), babysitting fees of 15 – 20 dollars per hour, etc. etc. and probably earn somewhere around 250k. So I now have a bit of empathy for those who are seen as soooo rich by those who live in the midwest in lovely homes that cost less than 300k. Then there are those who made out during the housing bubble by flipping houses and can’t understand what it is like for someone who seems to earn a decent salary but has lost all savings due to the housing crash.

Well, besides me posting images of my oh-so-glamorous apartment complex overlooking the highway in burbia or introducing everyone to the many “upper-middle class” families crammed into 2 bedrooms apartments I don’t have a lot of ideas.

Perhaps the only answer is to talk, talk, talk or blog, or youtube or whatever ways we can communicate about this. But I also am of the mindset that once these various tax plans are initiated, a lot of people are going to hurt – people who didn’t think that they would. At this point there is really going to be a lot of discussion.

What do you think? Any ideas?

Obama’s tax plans are going to adversely affect many more including those who earn less than the 250K you mentioned.

I hear your complaints about the Bay Area. I live in a New York suburb in a tiny apartment with my husband and daughter. We bought our apartment years ago which is now pretty much worthless and we cannot move. In our apartment complex there are many “upper-middle class” income earners raising two kids in tiny two bedrooms. I know we all would love to move but we cannot afford to do so. And this is the suburbs, not the city. This life that I live and my neighbors live is entirely not glamorous, yet Obama’s numbers would probably categorize us as living the high life. It’s ridiculous.