You have 2 parents working one makes 100 thousand the other makes 70 thousand your considered rich?
That's because you have a Democratic Party that is committed to a Marxist taxation system while you have modern day Russia using Steve Forbes' flat tax. When you punish the people who work and drive your economy, your economy will always be doomed to stagnation. Remember this...no poor man ever signed your paycheck....if you want everyone to be equal, you will have everyone equally POOR.
