>> the second point is, why does the elite want to do this? i can give you a fairly simple answer to this question but i think it's very important. this is something i was trying to puzzle out in writing "the people's pension," is why is their point of view changed so much? well, the reality of the last 35 years of politics in this country is that the 1% if you want to call them that have managed to create a very, very favorable tax persuasion for themselves in this country, capital gains taxes have been lowered drastically. income taxes, the top margins have been lowered. corporate taxes are so full of holes, to say we have a corporate tax isn't even reality for a lot of large companies. this is something that started under the carter administration, not the reagan administration. its continued off and on for 35 years your and the 1% has become very accustomed to this favorable tax situation that they have for themselves and their overriding concerns, overwriting everything else,...