By Thanksgiving, which is about a month, the so-called "super committee" is going to decide on cuts to the federal budget, has to come forward with bi-partisan budget cuts or so-called "automatic cuts" will go into force.

Of course, John McCain doesn't want the defense department cut. So he came out with a public video statement where he said that anything that congress does can be undone. That's actually one thing I do agree with McCain about, but isn't it a bit hypocritical? The republicans have made "the debt" their big issue. But now, spending is rearing it's head within the republican ranks.

And then, in the middle of all this is some kind of agency study that comes out, after decades of study, that shows that the rich are getting richer faster than the working and middle class are gaining in income. Wow, did anyone really doubt that?

But the republicans still are opposing any kind of "tax" on those upper income folks. It's like less than 1% of the entire population. Can they be serious? They support keeping their reduced tax rate on "investments" for the richest, while they propose to reduce benefits for the average family or people? Are they serious?

The republicans' answer is that this is "class warfare." What a crock that is! It's a crock because, (1), it is absurd not to admit that there are "classes" (based on income) in our society, and that just because people may bring up the inequality, that it amounts to "class warfare." All this is is a matter of linguistics. You just as well call it "equalization" or "levelling" or something like that and all of a sudden it isn't a matter of war at all but a matter of fairness.

All the polls say that the public doesn't buy the republicans' arguments. I think that is right. The question is whether or not those same people will come out and vote. And if they do, who will they vote for?