--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Are you really stupid, a poor scholar, or a racist? > > I'm going with ALL THREE. > > Edg
Edg-What's happened to you?, you're posts used to be so profound, insightful and deep, how embarrassing for you to stoop so low! ;-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Do Rich Americans Really Pay Less Taxes Than the Middle Class? > > > > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/do-rich-americans-rea\ > > lly-pay-less-taxes-than-the-middle-class/#comments> > > [314] > > <http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/demon21.jpg> > > Eat the rich! > > > > Like all Leftists, Obama's irrepressible impulse is to demagogue by > > fomenting class envy and exploiting our resentment of those who have > > more, especially in today's hard economic times. > > > > That's the basis of Skippy's proposal yesterday to combat the > > federal government's gargantuan $15 trillion deficit the > > equivalent of 101% of America's gross domestic product by > > taxing "the rich." > > > > He called on Congress to increase taxes by $1.5 trillion as part of a > > 10-year deficit reduction package totaling more than $3 trillion. He > > proposed that Congress overhaul the tax code and impose what he called > > the "Buffett rule," named for billionaire investor Warren > > Buffett that "People making more than $1 million a year > > should not pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than > > middle-class families pay." > > > > Buffett wrote in a recent piece for The New York Times that > > "super-rich" people like him should gladly pay more taxes, and > > that the tax rate he paid last year was lower than that paid by any of > > the other 20 people in his office, including his secretary. But Buffet > > left out a vital bit of information > > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/warren-buffet-is-a-bi\ > > g-fat-hypocrite/> from his pious op-ed: > > > > Super-rich Buffet's super-rich company, Berkshire Hathaway, owes > > the government tens of millions in taxes and has been wrangling with > > the IRS over this for years. > > > > Trafficking on Americans' sense of violated justice, Skippy declared > > that "the rich" should at least pay as much in taxes be in > > the same tax bracket as middle class Americans like Buffet's > > secretary. "There is no justification for it," Obama said. > > "It is wrong that in the United States of America, a teacher or a > > nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay higher tax > > rates than somebody pulling in $50 million." > > > > But are the rich really taxed less than secretaries? Here's a fact > > check by the Associated Press. > > > > Stephen Ohlemacher reports > > <http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-rich-taxed-less-secretaries-070642868.\ > > html> for the AP, Sept. 20, 2011: > > > > The data tell a different story. On average, the wealthiest people in > > America pay a lot more taxes than the middle class or the poor, > > according to private and government data. They pay at a higher rate, > > and as a group, they contribute a much larger share of the overall > > taxes collected by the federal government. > > > > > > > > > > More below: > > > > http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/do-rich-americans-real\ > > ly-pay-less-taxes-than-the-middle-class/ > > >
