JoeB131
Diamond Member
The Rich Don't Pay Enough?
1. According to IRS 2007 data, the richest 1 percent of Americans... snip.
Oh, this tired old line about the POOOOOOR rich people being abused by the mean old tax code.
It's almost embarrassing to have to keep addressing this.
The income tax isn't the only tax, and nearly every other tax out there hits the poor and working class harder.
Social security is capped at low six figures. Meaningless if you are rich.
Same with Medicare.
Between them, they are 14% of your income when employer match is factored in.
Property taxes hit the working class hard, and so do sales taxes. Gasoline taxes, cigarette taxes, alcohol taxes. Shit, I'd even through the lottery in there. It's a tax on hope and desperation.
You know, the Assholes used to try to push their supply side koolaid by saying htat giving them tax cuts would stimulate the economy.
But since that never really happens, now they just whine about how UNFAAAAAAIR it is that they pay more of the money they don't really need to the government.