I have three little words for that one.

WTF. And maybe a 4th.  Mate.

A little while back, Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama made appearances at the Saddleback Church in California. One of the questions was something like ‘define rich for the purposes of taxation’.

The question wasn’t that dificult.

Obama answered pretty succinctly in my opinion. If you’re making $150K+ as a family, you’re considered middle class. If you’re making$250K and above (as a family), you are in the top 3-4% in this country, and you would be considered ‘rich’.

Now…I don’t know exactly where those numbers came from or what they are based on. There are a lot of things that would need to be taken into consideration…where you live in the US, how many children you have, etc. But that sounds about right to me. $250K…for the average family of 2 adults and 2 children…no matter where you live in country (in my humble opinion) is a hell of a lot of cash to be pulling down. Depending on where you live, $150K a year for a family is STILL pretty damn great!

And then John McCain answers the question. He started off by not answering the question. He talked around it, stating that ’some of the richest people he knows are unhappy’ and ‘ rich should be defined by other criteria other than just cash’ etc.

Then…finally…he answers with, ‘I think if you’re talking about income, how about $5 million?’

Huh? $5 MILLION is the number you use to define someone who’s rich in America? That’s the criteria by which you are selected to pay into a higher tax bracket?!

Let’s put this in perspective. Less than 1/10th of 1% of people in the US make 5 million a year. So how is that even remotely in touch with the average American?

So basically what J McC is saying is this: If you make less than 5 million a year, you get to bear the burden of the taxes in this country.  And above that, you get to pay a extra………………

This makes absolutely no sense to me.