Originally Posted by BlackCrayon

what going is making poor people pay taxes they can't afford going to do anyways? its just going to make them even poorer. the ultra rich already view poor people as cannon fodder or peasants so why should poor people view the ultra rich in any good terms at all or want to do anything that benefits them? in the end they're still wage slaves. just because someone isn't smart enough or whatever life situations prevent them from being successful, be it self inflicted or other doesn't make them any less of a human being. in the end the rich need a good segment of population to be poor. society just wouldn't work as they need it to otherwise.