--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > shempmcgurk wrote: > > The so-called rich pay almost all of the income taxes in this country. > > In fact, the top 1% highest-earning Americans pay a whopping 37% of all > > individual income taxes collected. The top 10% pay 67%. In other > > words, 10% of Americans pay two-thirds of the taxes. Half of all > > taxpayers those in the bottom 50% of earnings account for less than > > 4% of income tax revenues. This means no matter how taxes are cut, > > it's nearly impossible for those cuts to primarily benefit lower- > > earning taxpayers. Tax cuts necessarily benefit those who pay the > > overwhelming bulk of the taxes. This simple truth allows the left to > > attack each and every tax cut proposal on the grounds that it > > disproportionately benefits the rich. > > > > Yet we have exactly the kind of steeply progressive tax system > > championed by Karl Marx. > The rich already have everything they need. Why should higher taxes > bother them? Are they greedy? Are they insane? >
I am almost speechless! Well at least such stills the mind.
