re: Who is to blame for this alleged disappearance of the middle class?

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Your "point" assumes the "billions of $" taken would not have otherwise been spent in an economically productive way. Of course there is no factual basis whatsoever for that assumption, quite the opposite. Aside from that one minor detail though, it's an interesting thesis.

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No my friend, my premise assumes no such thing...my premise is that the tax dollar is exactly the same dollar no matter whose hand it is in....the person who earned will put in the bank or invest it somehow and it flows back to the economy....the person who recieves it from the earner from the IRS does the same thing....that is my point and my premise...there is no difference....except of course the person who earned it and remitted no longer has it and that pisses us off no end....

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If that's your premise, it flies in the face of reality.

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Time will tell, my friend, time will tell. I hope your premise and these links are correct because it will mean that health care is more competitive and in the end less expensive (if businesses close in a growth market it has to be either poor management OR the competition is simply too stiff).