Being Absurdly Rich is Not the Same as Being Super Absurdly Rich

Some guy who makes a bunch of money complains that he doesn't make enough money to live like somebody who makes considerably more money than he makes because Obama is a poopy-head, or something like that.  In the various tooing and frooing of the intertubes and their related webs lots of people are accused of being looters and lots of other people are doubled over in laughter at the oddness of some guy who makes a great deal of money complaining that he can't afford the stuff that some other guy who makes a lot more money has.  Some other other guy makes the wholly obvious point:

September 18, 2010 at 11:39 am I had to rewrite this post so you could read it directly Mr. Henderson. I originally had it as a reply to a guy named Justin Case, but I feel the need to say it to you and the people who follow your logic directly. It’s actually more adressed to them in fact:
Read the article again, people. The gist of it is this guy is whining that his GARDENER and his HOUSEKEEPER will suffer and you are CRYING for him??? Shame on your greedy little hearts. He’s going to have to give up extra lessons for his kid? He may have to *gasp* enroll them in PUBLIC SCHOOL??? Will the tragedy never end for him? I love the (implied) impossibility of finding a home with a lower mortgage in a less chic area (by the way, before you hop on your fear stallions, not everything that is “less chic” is a “cesspool of seething drug crime”. Even in Chicago). I adore the attack on “Marxism”.
There’s been an argument that the rest of us attack guys like Henderson because we are jealous; because we ENVY them. No one ENVIES this putz. We PITY him for his tremendous effort to cling to his undeserved entitlement issues. This isn’t an “increase” in taxes. It’s a roll back.
Let me explain a “roll back” like this (in hopes to put the whole argument to bed): you get a coupon from the supermarket and now cereal is cheaper. You love your coupon, but it has an expiration date printed on it. One day the coupon EXPIRES. Naturally, you cry “Marxism!!!” at the top of your lungs and sue the supermarket, smearing them at every turn for their massive unfairness. Wait… you DON’T cry “Marxism!!!” at the top of your lungs and sue the supermarket, smearing them at every turn for their massive unfairness? Then, please, shut up. Whiner. The tax rate is going BACK to what it WAS. Was this guy BORN in 2001? If not, he survived prior to the roll back.
Lastly… turbo tax? How much crack is he smoking? Invest in an accountant (they are deductible, you know) and learn how to make your money create something as far as jobs (involve friends, assuming you have some, it’ll be fun) and guess what? Your tax deductions will magically offset the losses at this “Marxian” (really? None of you readers see this sloganism as tired and lazy? Really?) “increase”. I mean, I don’t make 250k a year. I only make a fraction of that. Yet I have the common sense to employ an accountant (not a fancy one either. Nice implication, there, that those are the only kind worth having)for the hard stuff. I’ve gone from paying taxes for my contract work to (QUITE legally) getting refunds.
The real takeaway here is this guy Henderson spent a big wad on a good education, got a worthy job with it, then decided his education was over. He didn’t need to adapt. He didn’t need to learn how to manage his money. He was all set because he was better than the rabble in college and he is by default better now. He’s the high school jock who is still living his winning TD while working at the Jiffy Lube; the 275 pound homecoming queen who is watching Oprah. He’s lazy about adapting his ACTUAL life by CONTINUING to learn.
And you who pity him are equally lazy. Keep pointing your fingers at us who don’t, but we make FRACTIONS of what he’s making, work just as many hours (if not more often doing physically taxing labour) and make ends meet without crying. This is pathetic to listen to. OUR money goes to ACTUAL survival and you want to cry because his GARDENER is possibly going to suffer? Perspective. Please.

 There are other equally highlarryious rejoinders and comment threads strewn from one end of the Intertubes to the other. It is, in short, a battle to the death between John Galt and the looters.  For what it is worth the looters win the argument but not the policies put in place.