Soak the rich, eh?
They do not have the money.
A report from the Internal Revenue Service found that the rich — 8,274 people with incomes of $10 million per year or more — earned a total of $240 billion in 2009.
Even of you confiscated every dime they earned, you would barely have enough money to cover government spending for 24 days.
Friday, August 05, 2011
IRS: Not enough rich to cover the deficit
Don Surber reports: