To continue to harp on the rich paying taxes as not being the solution to our problems is just pure ignorance. Santorum doubles down by claiming the deficit was run up by President Obama in the last three years with no mention of the tax breaks and wars the previous eight years. Santorum actually tries to convince the crowd that the rich will not only not improve the economy by paying higher taxes despite thirty years of data showing a correlation. But also claims the rich will just take the money and run.
Well I say let them they have no business extracting our wealth and our labor and not contributing a share commiserate to the services they actually use.
This is election season gold.
Click this link it needs to come back up on the first google search: Santorum
If the video is not working for you here is the link with a player. The line is at 2:38:
“What happened? Well, higher-income people don’t have to pay taxes if they don’t want to because they can move their money somewhere else, they can move their investments. They can stop investing. They can stop working. They don’t need to work. They’re higher-income people.”