On 9/6/2009 8:11:40 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Rceeberger<rceeber...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On 9/6/2009 7:47:52 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Rceeberger<rceeber...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> > >> > We do not tax everyone in the world, so they do not need to be > >> considered as part of this discussion. > >> > >> "We" do not tax everyone in the US, so are you proposing not to > >> provide health care to the about 50% of the US population that (net) > >> does not pay taxes? > >> > > Name them. > > You mean name the bottom 50% of all taxpayers? I > don't have enough > space to do that in this email, but check the tables here, for > example: > > http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html > > In 2007, there was $1.115 trillion collected in federal income taxes. > The top 50% of taxpayers paid $1.083 trillion, or 97.1% of taxes > collected. The IRS tables I found don't > break it down for the bottom > 50%, but obviously there is a percentile under 50, probably above 40, > where there are no federal income taxes paid. > Snip>
That is evidence that we maintain our civilization by maintaining people as a resource. It does not follow that 50% do not pay taxes. xponent Evidence Of Dishonesty Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
