Dems still holding out for higher taxes

CNN reports that after after the Democratic-controlled Senate rejected the GOP’s “cut, cap and balance” deficit reduction plan Friday--because it didn't raise taxes-- Obama called on people to "share the sacrifice" of higher taxes.

A commenter on another blog wasn't convinced. "Share the sacrifice" seemed to mean that working people would pay more taxes so others could live without working. He wrote,

Can anyone explain to me the point of working hard anymore?

Our politicians and over half of America’s population would pick a dead man’s pockets. It all seems pointless, like the proverbial hamster wheel.
It appears the folks who sit at home and collect their taxpayer-provided benefits each month are the smart ones.

Well I'm tired of working for them. I'm tired of feeding them, paying for their lawyers, paying for their children, paying to get their hair and nails “did”, paying for their homes and apartments, paying, paying.

We've lost our nation, as surely as if it had been invaded. We've let fast-talking politicians and political correctness conquer us.

Shameful, shameful, shameful.

As someone who makes relatively little, I don't have a problem with the general concept of "the rich" paying higher taxes. The problem I have is that the political class has demonstrated that no matter how much they take in taxes, they always spend even more. Which is exactly how we got in the current mess.

So if anyone thinks raising taxes alone will fix the problem...I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.