economic drivers
there's an implicit assumption by people who favor tax cuts for the rich. that is that the rich are the primary drivers of the economy. right now the economy is hurting. so where are our rich people? why aren't they driving the economy? they've got plenty of cash as a result of 10 years of bush tax cuts. but they're just hoarding it. they're not doing anything with it. why not? simple. they don't have to. they don't feel the need to leverage it and create more wealth for themselves and by assertion for everyone else. in a sense, they have too much cash. which suggests that we should take some of that cash away. by raising their taxes. then they'll get their fat asses off their mountains of gold and get back to work. and by assumption, so will you.