Where are you from? This doesnt really describe my neck of the woods very well. Maybe yours but not all of Dixie is like that

Due to my lifestyle choice, no, I have not been able to follow the tax debate very closely. But I think if everyone paid the same percentage of his/her income, then this whole debate wouldnt be necessary because everyone would pay his/her "fair share"

Well then by your quote you just proved that it is extra partisan

I'm not*. My bad on leaving that out

Well I'm not a job creater so I couldnt exactly answer that definitively. Im pretty sure that the world's highest corporate tax rate isn't helping anything

Well in that case I appreciate your effort

No, I was just implying that you really only needed to post 2 links rather than 5. And the fact that the Brookings study was co-authored by someone on the Obama Council for Economic Policy makes me question the legitimacy of the content.