You aren't missing something, McCain is lol. 

You said it!!! What is wrong with spreading the wealth.  That makes me see how selfish the McCains are with their millions, they and their rich constituents do not want to pay anymore taxes than they can get by with.  If I was that wealthy, I would not mind in the least paying higher taxes.  That is exactly what Obama has said, he said me and Michelle are willing to pay higher taxes because we have been blessed to make over $250,000.  Obama is right, he is the true Christian and I don't play religion in politics and he is not saying that but I am.  He and his wife are compassionate people who do care about the low and middle income who are struggling.  They have been there.  The McCains have never struggled for one day in their lives.  They have absolutely no understanding of the middle-class people.  Did you notice how he just could not bring himself to say that word in the debates.  Like it was disgusting to him and it probably is.  He is so out of touch with the real world that the majority of us live in that it is impossible for him to see.  Great post.

Obama isn't socialist! we have been Neo-Con so long no one knows what FAIR means!

@kadair - Bravo, that comment should be a post in itself.  

@gefforyt - I'm not sure where you get the idea that I was throwing any sort of a pity party anywhere in my post.  If you're gonna bring that up, I heard a lot of complaining by Joe the Plumber and others.

A fair wage for my job?  Well, that's a whole other can of worms seeing as I'm a "stay-at-home" mom, but I don't think we need to get into that whole discussion.  As for my husband, though, we're in the top tax bracket and I'm happy to pay that money to help support a system that allows people to work from nothing and become successful, and to have the peace of mind of having a safety net if one day we happen to fall on hard times. 

Ok, maybe i got a little carried away with that remark. But the point I am trying to make is this: if you make $200, 000 a year, and yes this is what Obama's benchmark is now. One Obama advisor has even said that it is more likely to be around $175,000 per year but lets just stick with the first # for now. At $200,000 per year you are going to be taxed at a min. of 40%. This money will come directly out of your paycheck before you pay your mortgage, your car payment, your health insurance and yes, even before you invest in your own child's future education and your retirement. If you are making $200,000 per year, you are going to be taxed an additional $20,000 per year. Since you are a stay at home mother I am sure you are probably well aware what it takes to run your household. Now you get to run your household on $20,000 per year less than you are used to. And why is that? You and your husband have worked hard to earn your money. probably spent alot of time in school, alot of hours at the workplace, and yes I know that being a stay at home parent is a job in itself, probably more stressful than an outside the home job.
My wife is a breast cancer survivor. From the day that she was diagnosed with cancer (8 years ago this january) we made a promise that we would donate 5% of our combined yearly salary to The American Cancer Society. She even made me promise that if she did not recover, that I would continue the donations as long as I was able. We donate this money because it is a great cause and we chose to do this with OUR money. What we choose not to do with Our money is give it to someone that refuses to better themselves with education and a better paying job. And that is exactly what these new taxes are going to do with OUR money. There are already programs in this country that will allow anyone with a desire to be more; achieve that goal. There is over $136 billion in educational funding just sitting in the bank drawing interest because no-one wants to go out and get that money and go to school to land a better job. They would rather sit at home with their hands out waiting for someone like Obama to steal someone elses money and give it to them.

@gefforyt - I have to speak up here, because you make a mistake that really irks me every time I see it-- unintended pregnancies are not always a cause of lack of contraception.  I know several women who got pregnant while on the pill, or using condoms, etc.  There's a reason any form of contraception has a failure rate, that means that up to 15% of people who use them even perfectly as directed (that's the condom failure rate), will still get pregnant.  Saying women only get pregnant because they're being "irresponsible" is just plain dumb and wrong.

As for the rest of it, I could continue this argument with you but it comes down to the last part in your comment to me-- you apparently believe that anyone who is not successful, is there because they're not trying.  Which is sad in how wrong it is.  It also smacks of this idea that money should go to (and stay with) those who "work hard enough to deserve it."  I wonder what that says about those who are rich but lucked into it, like the Paris Hiltons of the world.  If someone like her isn't taking the time to better herself, should her money be taken away and given to that welfare mom who's working 2 jobs to try to make ends meet?  Hmmm....  I realize I'm borderng on the ridiculous here, but one of my biggest pet peeves is this idea that the rich are rich because they earned it, and the poor are poor because they aren't working hard enough, which is so overly simplified and wrong and unjust.  And if we disagree on this fundamental point, then it's going to be near impossible to have a meaningful discussion about any of the issues that stem from this.

One last thing-- do remember that $200,000/yr is a lot of money.  Yes, a household can be expensive...  but it's all about choices.  We live in an area that's very expensive, and even with a healthy salsary can't afford to buy a house yet.  But it's our choice to live here, and we could always move someplace cheaper and be able to buy much more.  Fancy cars and designer handbags are not life necessities.  I am glad to forgo those so that others can have access to basic education and preventative healthcare, things I do consider necessities. 

@gefforyt - So you agree that minimum wage is not a fair (or liveable) wage.