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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
I worked long and hard to get where I am. I lived off of $9000 a year...a YEAR for four years in medical school. Add into that my husband's med school debt, my mortgage and you see a woman with a LOT of debt with a husband who makes a minimal salary as a fellow at Hopkins. No one will choose to go through what I did just to pay more than their fair share once they finally get to the point where they are paid appropriately for their level of education. I deserve to be comfortable, and I'm not going to be made to feel guilty that I make a good living.
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Exactly what I'm saying! I don't know if you're practicing now, but that's certainly not an easy job...pretty much 'on-call' 24/7. You busted your ass through school, why do you have to contribute more.
That's why I don't get why people are so upset that he's not going to tax the wealthy. It's not like everyone making 6 figures is stealing it from little-old-ladies coffee cans.