THE SIMPLE FACT OF THE MATTER IS...

We do not need people paying more taxes-----we need more people paying taxes. We need to end the tax loop holes,and we need to get additional funds in the hands of the middle to lower classes...who will spend it. We spend it, retailers need to replenish their inventories  (and hire more to meet the additional demands of higher customer flow), manufacturing gears up to meet the demand of the retailers orders (and possibly hires a few more people) and the economic cycle is in full rotation. It's called a recovery, folks.