I am convinced that when President Obama mentions raising taxes on “the wealthiest Americans,” everyone thinks he is talking about them....

This sums up the POV of many young Republicans:

“Well, my taxes might not go up now, since I’m making the median income, but my wages are going to quintuple any day now, I just know it. And when they do, I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay one more plug nickel in taxes. I also need to protect the loopholes for corporate jet owners, as I’ll surely soon be one.”