No, the rich don't owe the government anything for being rich! Who the hell are you to dictate that the rich must be punished for being rich???? And, yes, punishment is exactly what it is. Where's the incentive to get rich if you're going to have to give most of it to the government in taxes to pay for a bunch of freeloaders who are too damn lazy to work?

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."