Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "You can't raise taxes on top 2% because those are the job creators and this > same top 2% relies on the markets and companies where we're fucked again > because profit is the bottom line." > > Fifty percent of the citizens do not pay federal income taxes. > > In 2008, the top 1% paid 38% of all income taxes. The top 5% paid 59%. The > top 10% paid 70%. The top 25% pay 86%. The top 50% pay 97%. >
My father-in-law who's a union machinist says everybody has got to pay and, in his experience, the businesses that would go broke from the non-progressive tax would be tattoo parlors and b ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340456 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
