IF the total, collective wealth of all the rich was confiscated by the federal government and was applied to the current deficit of this Nation, it would move the needle only nominally. It would solve no problem of this country.  What it would do is halt the investment by the movers and shakers into private enterprise.  Sort of like cutting off the oxygen supply of a high altitude plane. So, the proposal and mantras being bantered about are of false premise and are
intended to deceive that element of the population that believes that they would do better off  if only the wealthy were stripped.  Not many of us would find admiration in a group of people who took satisfaction in confiscating the accumulations of people who are fortunate.  Obamah,  who is now himself wealthy, (who knows how?) uses weasel
words like "fair share" to mask his true intent.   Take it as a truism that he does not want to apply this rule to himself or his friends.  Of course, the Constitution  contains certain guarantees that person shall be "...secure in their property..." .  Equal opportunity is a virtue, leveling the unequal fortunes of alll by force  of Government  is an abomination..  Maybe it's  even an Obamanation.

Here's a pretty good summary of Obama's SOTU lies concerning taxes.

http://news.investors.com/Arti...77&ibdbot=1

Taxing Steve Jobs and Bill Gates into poverty when they were trying to build Apple and Microsoft would have been a great, great idea for a community organizer intent on gaining power by buying votes with money forced out of other people's paychecks.  Yeah, let's take all those rich people's stuff!

Deac79:  Very good observation.  I too was wondering why the review of the pipeline project was entrusted to the Stste Depatment.  Why not the Dept. of Inetrior, Bureau of Land Management?  Somehow, we've got to stop the idealogical insanity. Can we wake up by November? It's scary.