They won’t miss it

Am i the only one that has philosophical problems with this statement (from this AP story):

“What we’re talking about is a one-half percent income tax surcharge on incomes above $1 million,” said Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of the Blue Dog group. “So someone who earns $2 million a year would pay $5,000. … They’re not going to miss it.”

Italics mine.   Its one thing to levy a tax but its quite another to use as part of the justification that they aren’t going to miss the money.

This really torks torques (thanks Louis ) me.