Are you a casualty of the class war?

I think many of my readers are able to see the direct correlation of greed’s impact on consumption, agriculture, energy and waste. And as these problems persist, the “needy” class pays for the problems as the “rich” benefit from both the gains and losses. Simple Math?

Regardless - Class, hate and animosity can not improve this problem. But, relieving the cost of basic necessities (water, heat, sanitation, healthcare) by taxation of “luxury” & “toxic" items like 20% tax on “plasma” TV’s, Yacht’s, aerosols, pesticides & hazardous consumer products can (1000’s of other huge energy/toxic abusers).

It would help keep families of the street, and help the wealthy make better purchasing choices for both the environment and a sustainable future.

If we only “tagged” Yacht’s, cigarettes and beer with the 20% “rescue tax”, it would contribute $10-50 billion to lower the cost of water, heat, sanitation, healthcare...

As "hazardous" consumer products (beer & cig's included) have a DIRECT impact on nations health, air & water quality it only makes $en$e they contribute to the cause.

Why would we not want to tax the hell out of intangibly wasteful items and hazardous, toxic products? I don’t have a rich friend or a poor grandmother arguing or defending the viability of this idea. (Sorry to tick off my Packer Fans with the tax on Beer and Plasma's, it is for the greater good)

Hey but I’m not a politician, what do I know ;-)

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit an all-time high and Wall Street firms are posting some of their best earnings ever. For the first time in our nation's history, the Forbes list of the 400 wealthiest Americans includes only billionaires. In fact, having only a billion dollars means you're not on the list. As a group, the Forbes 400 has a collective net worth of $1.25 trillion.

So the rich are doing well. But how about the middle class?

More Americans than ever are living in poverty, living without health care, paying more for housing and for the costs of our public education. And real wages are falling.

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