Well when you have 47% of the country that pays no Fed taxes that doesn't help the situation one bit.
That same 47% have no problem taking anything they can get from those that do pay taxes.
The rich pay the lions share of all Fed taxes. The 47% pay no Fed taxes.
Who do you think is getting the raw deal??
The poor have no skin in the game and don't care one bit where the money to fill their EBT cards comes from. As long as it comes. They don't care who pays the medical/dental bills for their kids. They don't care who pays the rent or buys the food. They don't care who assumes fiscal responsibility for THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES as long as it ain't them. Freeloaders galore in America.
Of course the taxpayers of America will never see one dime of that money payed back.
Hmm, who gets the raw deal at the state level where the lowest income earners pay the largest percentage in taxes and the highest income earners pay the lowest percentage? I never hear those on the right complaining that the wealthy don't pay enough in state taxes. And an awful lot of you are so in love with Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan that would create a similar system at the federal level, where the lowest income earners would become the ones paying the highest percentage of taxes and the highest income earners the lowest.
You ignore the fact that the wealthy pay a very small percentage of their income in the form of payroll taxes, while everyone else pays a much higher percentage. You ignore the fact that the wealthy pay the least at the state level. You pretty much ignore everything except for one tax out of all the different taxes out there.
I have an idea that should help everyone though. How about we make everyone pay at least 10% federal income tax, but then we remove the cap on SS taxes and we tax all income the same as wages? I like that idea. God, I can just imagine you guys squealing like little pigs if that were ever to happen.
You seem to ignore the fact that loads of folks pay no local, State or Fed taxes at all. How can they when they don't have a job? They sit on the asses at home and collect welfare. They use taxpayer dollars to buy the necessities, to pay their medial/dental bills and rent. Freeloaders. And there are loads of em riding the system for all they can get.
I have no problem with the rich paying taxes. Fact is I wish there were way more rich folks so they could pay more of those Fed taxes.
To say they don't pay their fair share is ridiculous in my eyes because if it weren't for the rich the middle class would be carrying the major Fed tax burden. The poor pay nothing now and would continue to pay nothing if there were no rich.
I guess its all in how you look at it.