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I think it is a mistake to think that everyone is entitled to keep something just because they've "earned" it. I know that sentence may read real bad, however, when you consider the wide variance associated with the amount of compensation given for a hard day's work, it makes more sense. In other words, just because a person earned something doesn't mean they deserve it. Now, I don't think the government should be in the business of deciding which occupations actually deserve their level of compensation. However, it does make sense to me to expect those who have disproportionately benefited from doing business in the United States to pay a disproportionate amount of their earnings in taxes.
Of course, if you ask the people who get paid millions of dollars to mess around with the money of large corporations, the people who make their money by skimming the cream off of the top of large frothy bowls of other people's money, they'll probably tell you different.
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