# OWS-Tea Party RUMBLE on the National Mall next MLK Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637 "2011-10-24T16:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/1 "2011-10-24T16:24:50Z")
Seems we’ve got a bit of a turf-disagreement in Populist City. Let’s settle this once and for all! C’mon, Gramma, let’s get it **on!** 😃 [swings tire chain, practices switchblade thrusts; music from _West Side Story_ plays in background] ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/2 "2011-10-24T21:09:27Z")
This can only be solved one way… DANCE OFF! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/3 "2011-10-24T21:45:36Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > This can only be solved one way… > > DANCE OFF! I ain’t particular, so long as there’s lots of pain and bleeding and deaths. A dance-off should do perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/4 "2011-10-24T22:34:34Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > This can only be solved one way… > > DANCE OFF! you gonna get served. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/5 "2011-10-24T22:40:05Z")
If the OWS people are anti-corporation and anti-wallstreet, does that mean the tea party will counter by being pro-corporation and pro-wallstreet? Or what? Is this where the not-so-secret masters of the tea party really show their true intentions? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/6 "2011-10-25T02:04:30Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > If the OWS people are anti-corporation and anti-wallstreet, does that mean the tea party will counter by being pro-corporation and pro-wallstreet? Or what? > Is this where the not-so-secret masters of the tea party really show their true intentions? Its not as if the Occupiers lack rich patrons anyways. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/7 "2011-10-25T02:05:59Z")
Ah yes, the much-forgotten self-hating rich. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/8 "2011-10-25T02:08:49Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Ah yes, the much-forgotten self-hating rich. Most notably the hypocritical Warren Buffet and George Soros. They are not so much self-hating as knowing that they aren’t hurt by high taxes while upper middle class/small business/lower upper class people will be. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/9 "2011-10-25T02:15:29Z")
What? High brackets and marginal tax rates only affect the very rich - if you make 250k and the top marginal bracket is 200k (forget what it actually is, just making that up), you’re only paying extra tax on the extra $50k. So, with a 3% tax increase in the top bracket, they’d only actually see a 0.6% overall increase in their tax rate, whereas someone making 1m+ would see over 2%. Also, people’s taxable income is well under their actual income after all the deductions they can get. So very likely the actual tax rate increase relative to their total income (for “upper middle class” people) is well under half a percent. But I know your heart bleeds for the poor oppressed supposed upper middle class folks seeing a small fraction of a percent of tax increase on their many hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. You are a saint. I guess this makes Warren Buffet, who selflessly advocates a higher tax rate to his personal detriment for the good of society, your mortal enemy. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637/10 "2011-10-25T02:39:10Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Most notably the hypocritical Warren Buffet and George Soros. They are not so much self-hating as knowing that they aren’t hurt by high taxes while upper middle class/small business/lower upper class people will be. :rolleyes: Most Americans would gladly swap pain with them.