On Nov 23, 8:33 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > shouldn't the rich at least have to pay fees/fines/penalties > relative to their income then? > --- > class warfare at it's finest! >
The rich already pay most of the federal taxes. The top 25% of taxpayers pay 87% of all taxes collected. 40,000 people pay all the taxes for New York. How much more should they pay? http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=6 -Bill > On Nov 23, 9:06 am, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, shouldn't the rich at least have to pay fees/fines/penalties > > relative to their income then? > > > Currently - > > Pat who makes $50,000 per year parks illegally and gets a ticket for > > $50.00. > > Terry who makes $5,000,000 per year parks illegally and gets a ticket > > for $50.00. > > > But what if the ticket was based on a percentage of 0.1% rather then a > > fixed amount? > > > If based on 0.1% - > > Pat who makes $50,000 per year parks illegally and gets a ticket for > > $50.00. > > Terry who makes $5,000,000 per year parks illegally and gets a ticket > > for $5,000.00. > > > Imagine the possibilities - > > 1. Terry would try a little harder not to park illegally. > > 2. Our Cities, States, and Country would receive huge increases of > > revenue. > > 3. The USA may be able to go to a flat tax for income of %10 for > > EVERYONE (Yes, Including the rich). -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
