gross national hapiness index

[kandrathe]

But it is a choice you make. If you find it normal that Mitt Romney pays 10 % income tax, and if you find it normal that such a person gets rewarded by becoming presidential candidate, than you shouldn't worry too much about having only 2 weeks of holidays.......you have so little holidays because people like Mitt don't have to pay taxes.

Just a little fact checking...

You can point at him as one who benefits from the laws he didn't create. Although, he also is probably one who has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. I think we've talked about this before, but the difference between the rich and the middle class here is that the wealthy earn more income through investments which are taxed at 15% (and allow for deduction of capital losses over successive years), while the middle class pay between 15% and 34% depending on their income levels. Here is why, as a percent of total income, a person like Warren Buffet can pay less than his secretary.