[mustardjohn]

The town I live in had two or three very very wealty families. They made their money in oil, timber, etc. and were definitely not taxed as they would have been today. They built a couple of large churches, an art museum full of the some of the worlds best art, a first class theater for the performing arts, one of their placial homes is now part of the local university and serves the public in many ways like wedding receptions, etc (my kid worked there). They built two country clubs with golf courses that are open for memebership today. They created a park in the middle of the city that is about one hundred acres and a county airport. They left a foundation that is still very well off that funds a number of beneficial functions. All of this employs workers and brings visitors to the area.

Lets tax the hell out of these type folks... It just ain't fair not to mention the devistated self esteem of all those folks who have to look at this and feel inadequate because they can't do it too.

Yeah we ought to break this up and dole out the money to those who really deserve it. Those rich sobs were only paying 39% when it should have been at least 80%. I am sure the government would have done all this for the community had they collected more taxes.