I was right with you up until:
The wealthy vote and pay proportionately much more in taxes. Sucks don't it?
I'm not a tax guy, but in my conversations with a few "uber wealthy" folk here in my town (where you can't throw a rock an not hit one - who will then sue the pants off you and the next seven generations of your kin), it would appear that there are plenty of loopholes that can be taken advantage of.
To be fair, most of these people are EXTREMELY generous by nature, but to declare that they are getting "stiffed" by higher OVERALL taxation (not tax rates) would be a stretch...
We've lost convenient beach access because:
1 too many people want the same thing as us
2 we sat around thinking things wouldn't change
3 we expected "someone else" to take our interests to heart
4 a few bad apples spoiled it for the rest of us (and then #3)
