Monday, Tuesday and part of Wednesday for free…

That’s the plan I’m hearing resides in the latest budget to come out of Washington. Who in their right mind wants to wake up Monday and say “I’m going to work for free today.” That same person can come back home, wake up Tuesday and say “I’m going to work for free today.” And even Wednesday, “After lunch, I’ll finally be working for myself.”

A 50% tax resides somewhere in the budget for high wage earners, somewhere north of $200,000/year. Let’s be honest, that’s good change but not exactly millions of dollars. I support a “Never work a day for free approach.” That means, never should your individual tax rate be above 20%. If you think of a 5 day work week, each day contributes 20% to your weekly earnings. No one should have to wake up and spend the entire day giving it back to the government. I don’t care if the person is making $7/hour or $13 million as a CEO of an SEC registered company, or $100 million as a staffer at a Wall Street bank. No one should work an entire day giving back that effort. Everyone should contribute. Just because someone makes $7/hour does not mean that person should not contribute to the betterment of his country or improvements to his life. Should the tax rate be the same on everyone? I’m not convinced it should, but it should not exceed 20% for anyone.

Quick hits of the day:

– Robert Gibbs did not need to take a swipe at Sarah Palin. Those already in the White House should be above that. He should let his hatchet men at the DNC take those shots. Low class, but not that I expected anything more.

– Toyota’s recall continues and now Honda is joining the game. Wow! How fast the Japanese are falling.

– The Prius was recalled, so all the green drivers waiting for one will have to wait. Did you know that all of the human green activity such as green cars or green home-building can’t compete with changing your diet and reducing red meat intake? Cow farts are horrible for the environment. Less dairy and red meat means less cows. Less cows means less methane farts. Less methane farts means less global warming. Drive an SUV, eat kangaroo.

– A big “Wow” for the man who lived under the Haitian rubble for 27 days.

– First I hear of Asian carp invading the Great Lakes and then coyotes roaming through the suburbs of Detroit. Where is all of this wildlife coming from?

Goodnight and God Bless,

Scott