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Originally Posted by Jefferson The RICH are paying the most in - multiplied times over!
A good friend of mine is a state revene tax auditor, who also does people's taxes "on the side". A couple years ago, he told me he figured the taxes for a local doctor who paid in over $150,000 that year in income taxes (his total income was a little under $500,000). So... how much did you pay in income taxes, in 2002? I bet it was nowhere near $150,000!
Why should you get a $3,000 tax refund check when you've only paid $1,500 in?
In addition, the "rich" are in a much higher tax bracket than the poor. Period. No matter how you want to deny it, it is still fact.
And how the "rich" are "doing" is absolutely irrelevant! MOST of the rich are rich because they've worked hard and made good decisions.
You've bought into the idea that all the "rich" are wicked, greedy people. And it just isn't so. |
The top 10% own 71% of all private wealth.
The top 1% now own more than the bottom 90%. http://www.osjspm.org/101_wealth.htm --- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope --- There is little doubt that the world in general is more liberal than it was 50 years ago and beyond. Conservatives are simply roadblocks on the path to an ever more progressive and liberal world. What a sad existence. |