You always fall back on this same old defense. The rich are getting all of these undefined kickbacks and preferential treatment. Please.

If we can define rich as the people paying at top rates well over 30% on FIT, then I can say I am one of these people you speak about. I don't get any special kickbacks, subsidies or other stuff. I just pay through the nose for the privilege of creating jobs, health insurance coverage and sales tax revenues for the local government.

If you are talking about subsidies to certain industries, you also need to talk about the workers who benefit from these industries being propped up. When the us Govt bailed out Chrysler, it was for the auto workers' benefit & not the stockholder's benefit. When you hear talk about subsidies to the steel industry, its all about buying the votes of steel workers.

You are going to have to come up with a more original argument or at least a better supported argument if you want to convince me on this front.

I look forward to your response.