publiusvarus wrote:
If anyone is shortsighted it's you. Materialism fosters economic growth and prosperity. By purchasing things I'm helping the economy. Not only that but the less my business has to pay in payroll taxes the more likely that I'm going to be able to hire more people sooner. This is why the liberal democrats are so f*cked up. They look at people like me and see an evil greedy person who's not paying his fair share. Therefore you have no problems raising my taxes. All you're really doing is harming the people I would have been able to hire. Do you think i'm not going to stop eating escargo and steak? Do you think I'm going to stop buying the things I like?