This is what republicans can’t get through their heads: Not everyone is a greedy piece of s**t. Herbert goes into these negotiations with the attitude of, “we will give them lower costs, increasing their profits and they will do what we want them to do.”
And guess what? There is more to life than money.
Republicans can’t fathom people like Buffett, who talk about how screwed up the tax system is and how it hurts those in the lower tax brackets while providing corporate welfare to the rich. They think, “Why is he complaining? This all benefits him.” They just don’t understand that sometimes you are willing to give up certain things for the overall good of the country and world.
I was having a conversation with my family the other day. My sister in law was talking about how she loves the flat tax in Utah. I showed her how the flat tax screws her over and helps me out. I showed her how the flat tax would cost her thousands more a year and cost me tens of thousands less a year. Her retort? “See, you should love the flat tax.”
I told her that made no sense. I’d rather her have extra money every month and me pay a little more and improve everyone’s life. She said that would be dumb for me. And round and round we went. She just couldn’t understand why I’d feel this way (the ironic thing is, we never even got to the part where it is good for me to have her have more money, because poor people spend money, better off people save money, so when poorer people have money, everyone gets richer but when only rich people have money, everyone gets poorer).
My point? There is more to life than money, and sometimes some of us realize that and are comfortable where we are and we want to leave this place a little better than we found it.
But whatever, we thank thee oh god for a profit, right?
Utah @ 
Baylor 
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