On Oct 26, 12:32 pm, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 26, 2:59 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > According to the most recently released IRS data (Excel file), in tax year > > 2009, the top 1 percent of taxpayers (in terms of adjusted gross income) > > paid 36.73 percent of all federal income taxes. The top 5 percent of > > taxpayers paid 58.66 percent. The top 10 percent of taxpayers paid 70.47. > > The top 25 percent of taxpayers paid 87.3 percent of the taxes, and the top > > 50 percent paid a whopping 97.75 percent. > > The problem with this argument is that the rich have ways to hide and > write-off money that aren't available to average people.... or even > above average people.
No , the problem with your response is that you failed to address the original in any way whatsoever. > > > And if all of the taxable incomes of all American millionaires and > > billionaires were simply confiscated, it still wouldn’t even equal the > > deficit. > > Another argument with no details. > Depends on what the tax rate is. You are not a "reader" are you. In his stated case, the tax rate would be "100%" > Zero tax rates are also a social engineering scheme. Yes, for about 50% of the people who contribute nothing. And oddly, those are the same people whining and complaining. The NERVE of these people. -- 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.
