Originally Posted by hkbajwa

Dude i am a citizen of a country where i was paying 47% income tax. And rich people pay even more. But that doesn't make the rich any less rich nor does it cut into their summer in the canary islands. It just makes sure that everybody around them AT LEAST has a roof over their head, a school to send their children to, food in their stomachs and equal opportunity in ALL FIELDS OF LIFE.

Sure there are freeloaders who exploit the system. But even those have been reduced because the system is now so efficient that cheating just aint worth it. It IS possible to administer such as system as all the scandinavian countries have proven.

The point is that for every freeloader there are at LEAST 5 deserving families. I would rather that the rich earned a billion less and the freeloader freeloaded.. AS LONG AS THOSE 5 DESERVING FAMILIES HAD THEIR SITUATION EASED.