Apply democratic principles to the present 'fiscal cliff' debate instead of economic principles and what do you get? Well, it seems that the hold-up (literally) are the 'haves' refusal to pay their just amount of taxes. 'Corporate America', capitalism, millionaires and billionaires refuse to pay a tax that is even lower than what they previously paid. Corporate taxes were lots higher, before, than what they presently are. Estate taxes no longer apply to the wealthy. The so-called 'haves' accepted a 'bail out' which is just a different word than the word applied to the needy and to those who paid the government from their hard earned wages. Of course, the so-called needy get'entitlements' but rich corporations that are 'too big to fail' get bailouts.I swear that seems like the same thing. What is 'too big to fail'? Is it more important to help a legal fiction than a real human being? Not if you are applying democratic principles instead of economic ones. You see, democratic principles apply to real human beings and economic principles apply to 'legal fictions'.Those who are fortunate got that way because of democratic principles. Now they want more and more instead of protecting the very principles that helped them out when they were 'needy' and needed protection and a bailout. The human condition is more important than 'fictional persons'. What could possibly be the motivation for the 'haves' to want more? Everyone knows( and they also know) that its greed. Plain economic greed. The engine for corporations is the profit motive which, in some cases, leads to greed. The profit motive is not so bad, but greed? Come-on, whats fair is fair. Its really simple. But those who benefited from democratic principles are now wanting to apply economic principles and want an 'equal' situation after they used democratic principles and acquired a tremendous amount of economic 'inequality'. The 1% wants to remain 1%. The convolutions of language usage in the present situation is a glaring case of 'word prostitution'. What better case for the inadequacy of language and the need to perceive government in triadic form. Its really simple democracy and simple math.