We're in that wonderful three-day (for most of us) work week leading up to Thanksgiving and Black Friday and -- for the hard core shoppers -- Cyber Monday.  And all is right with the world, isn't it?.  Well, not so much.  Our Congressional Super Committee, charged with coming up with a budget proposal to remove $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit over the next ten years, remains hostage to the Republicans who want to place the burden everywhere except with those who are making the most money.  Americans whose incomes are measured in six- and seven-digits and business who enjoy more "welfare" in the form of tax breaks and exemptions than any single mother waiting in line for WIC authorization, are sheltered by the Republicans from making sacrifices to attain a balanced budget.  Why?  Because their contributions can now fund political campaigns in unlimited quantities.  They have been freed from any constraint or inconvenience when it comes to buying an election.  So it is in the best interest of lawmakers who wish to retain their seats to keep their sugar daddies happy.  That means continuing the failed policies of the Republican administrations all the way back to Ronald Reagan.  That means leaving the top one percent of the population and the wealthiest corporations (who are not required to use their resources to create jobs in America) free to continue amassing wealth while creating additional burdens on those least able to afford it.  The Democratic members of the Super Committee have continued their efforts to defend Social Security and Medicare, as well as the idea of fairness in taxation.  To those brave Democrats, we say Thank You.  To the Republicans who are intent on protecting the concentration of wealth in the top 1% of the country, we say, Happy Thanksgiving, turkeys.