"Almost all of the income taxes in this country are paid by the wealthy"

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"Almost all of the income taxes in this country are paid by the wealthy"

Laurie Street — 10/22/2008 6:13:40 PM (archived)

Isn't that only reasonable?

If the top 10% of people in the US have 70% of the wealth, it seems like they are getting off easy if they only pay 50% of income taxes.

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It was late in the day... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/20/2008 11:34:02 PM
- Incidentally... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/24/2008 4:42:40 PM
  - Short-term thinking - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 6:58:59 PM
- Interesting . - Jody - 10/21/2008 12:37:55 PM
  - "my circle" - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 12:36:45 PM
    - re: "my circle" - Lindy - 10/23/2008 9:54:47 PM
    - re: "my circle" - TB - 10/23/2008 5:38:55 PM
      - They dug deep once. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 5:55:52 PM
        
        re: They dug deep once. - TB - 10/23/2008 6:50:37 PM
        
        OK, I found something to support you. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 1:19:06 AM
        
        re: They dug deep once. - Lindy - 10/23/2008 9:56:59 PM
        
        You're not the only one who's tired. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 7:43:12 PM
    - "my circle = my choice" - Jody - 10/23/2008 4:26:16 PM
      - "MY circle" - Jody - 10/25/2008 2:38:38 PM
        
        And I, for one, am proud to call you my friend. - Eri - 10/25/2008 3:52:42 PM
        
        re: And I, for one, am proud to call you my friend. - Jody - 10/25/2008 6:20:17 PM
        
        I'm hoping thin. Or thinner. Heh. - Eri - 10/25/2008 8:49:54 PM
        
        He he...are we ever thin enough?? - Jody - 10/25/2008 9:21:49 PM
        
        Well, yeah - Eri - 10/26/2008 2:10:22 AM
        
        THIS is why - Jody - 10/25/2008 3:16:03 PM
        
        And yet... - Mary Anne - 10/25/2008 6:06:06 PM
        
        re: And yet... - Jody - 10/25/2008 6:40:54 PM
        
        Holding grudges vs. learning by experience. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2008 6:48:23 PM
        
        Yep. - Jody - 10/25/2008 7:51:00 PM
        
        Pax. I apologize. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/25/2008 8:51:08 PM
        
        Sorry you guys are having a spat. But I'm still not reading Tech's post that started this to find out what it's about - Eri - 10/25/2008 8:56:45 PM
        
        Neither am I (n/t) - Fox - 10/26/2008 2:17:38 PM
      - Fine - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 5:43:37 PM
  - re: Interesting. - TB - 10/21/2008 3:58:51 PM
    - Manacles - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 1:01:00 PM
      - re: Manacles - TB - 10/23/2008 3:21:04 PM
        
        Two questions: - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 2:38:05 AM
        
        re: Two questions: - TB - 10/24/2008 4:51:27 AM
        
        re: Two questions: - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 1:06:56 PM
        
        re: Two questions: - TB - 10/24/2008 5:01:46 PM
        
        Tom, you can't "peel off" my life. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 6:47:33 PM
        
        Just an observation - Yeti - 10/26/2008 1:55:18 AM
        
        Secure funding can be kind of important. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 4:16:54 PM
        
        "poor people are venal" - TB - 10/23/2008 5:33:53 PM
        
        I know you never *said* that. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 6:11:29 PM
        
        Mary Anne... - TB - 10/24/2008 2:07:21 AM
        
        Chocolate chip, fresh out of the oven (n/t) - McFly - 10/24/2008 3:15:58 AM
        
        lol - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 3:21:28 AM
        
        Of course it has. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 2:58:31 AM
        
        Tom thinks that " nurturing the potential of the poor with public money is a bad use of the money." - Lindy - 10/23/2008 10:12:25 PM
        
        Hardly. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/24/2008 1:45:26 AM
        
        "If one can treat different citizens differently based on wealth..." - Lindy - 10/24/2008 2:44:21 AM
        
        Individual responsibility & true freedom. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2008 6:51:06 PM
        
        Oh please....do tell! - Lindy - 10/23/2008 10:15:33 PM
        
        Yeah, I'll share that at Toddler Time. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 7:46:22 PM
    - Promising. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 4:59:45 PM
  - Morality & Money - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 2:29:18 PM
    - Sentimental about poverty - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 12:50:32 PM
- Quit yer whining n bitchin - Lindy - 10/21/2008 3:04:16 AM
  - "You deserve to pay higher taxes." - TB - 10/21/2008 3:58:20 PM
  - C'mon Lindy. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 7:34:01 AM
    - Where did you learn math? - Eri - 10/21/2008 3:49:34 PM
      - re: Where did you learn math? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 4:54:08 PM
      - Where did you learn economics? - TB - 10/21/2008 4:02:47 PM
        
        What idiocy! - Eri - 10/21/2008 5:52:33 PM
        
        It's trickling just fine. - Lee - 10/21/2008 11:30:34 PM
        
        re: percentages and actual amounts - TB - 10/21/2008 10:37:11 PM
        
        "Almost all of the income taxes in this country are paid by the wealthy" - Laurie Street - 10/22/2008 6:13:40 PM
        
        See, this is the paradigm gap I can never get past. - TB - 10/23/2008 4:27:18 AM
        
        Now that's socialist. - Lee - 10/22/2008 9:56:42 PM
        
        re: Now that's socialist. - LS - 10/22/2008 11:03:01 PM
        
        I could work with something like that. - TB - 10/23/2008 5:01:05 AM
        
        Taxing food. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2008 6:27:47 PM
        
        re: Taxing food. - azstrummer - 10/24/2008 9:04:11 PM
        
        Wow Art, I'm impressed. - Lee - 10/26/2008 1:07:02 AM
        
        At first I didn't understand where you were coming from. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 10:34:21 PM
        
        I was using the word "taxed" as a metaphor - azstrummer - 10/26/2008 12:29:42 AM
        
        OK, I get you now. - Mary Anne - 10/26/2008 4:33:15 PM
        
        re: Taxing food. - Laurie Street - 10/23/2008 9:14:34 PM
        
        That's the real kicker. We'd end up paying both taxes. (n/t) - TB - 10/24/2008 1:44:11 AM
        
        Cluelessness. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 6:19:35 PM
        
        If "trickle down" is working, why the ever growing income disparity? - RobVG - 10/22/2008 5:30:02 AM
        
        re: If "trickle down" is working, why the ever growing income disparity? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2008 6:46:44 AM
        
        Ya know, this is like arresting junkies to win the "War on Drugs". - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 12:44:16 AM
        
        Can't argue with that (much) (n/t) - RobVG - 10/23/2008 1:48:36 AM
        
        re: why the ever growing income disparity? - TB - 10/22/2008 5:43:50 AM
        
        Would 'non-union' wage earners work for you? - RobVG - 10/23/2008 2:00:32 AM
        
        The only clueless party here is you. - Eri - 10/21/2008 7:21:47 PM
        
        What staggering... - McFly - 10/21/2008 5:30:08 PM
        
        Oopsie...sorry McFly... - Tinkerbell - 10/21/2008 11:54:59 PM
        
        I'm a little more concerned about the leftist running for president than anyone on this board. (n/t) - TB - 10/21/2008 10:38:10 PM
        
        To "all too many leftists" wealth is manna from the sky... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 6:46:09 PM
        
        McFly... - Jody - 10/21/2008 5:40:30 PM
        
        When a remark applies to the things I believe, or to the groups with which I affiliate, it applies to me. - Mary Anne - 10/22/2008 12:26:03 PM
        
        You are entitled to your opinion. I disagree. (n/t) - Jody - 10/22/2008 12:38:25 PM
        
        As always, you're much too kind - McFly - 10/21/2008 8:23:53 PM
        
        I was not offering you a cookie. - Jody - 10/22/2008 12:51:07 PM
        
        I understand. I took one while you weren't looking, though (n/t) - McFly - 10/22/2008 1:39:32 PM
        
        Oh, you're not one of THOSE leftists.... - Tony - 10/21/2008 5:34:51 PM
        
        Well, all that really means is... - McFly - 10/21/2008 5:50:58 PM
        
        Awww..McFly..I'll save you - Jody - 10/21/2008 6:23:00 PM
        
        yes, poor McFly, having been so pilloried... (n/t) - Yeti - 10/21/2008 9:19:24 PM
        
        Yow!! Well, I *do* try to keep abreast of things (n/t) - McFly - 10/21/2008 7:37:06 PM
        
        A titular requirement - Yeti - 10/21/2008 9:17:28 PM
        
        Na nee na nee booby (n/t) - Jody - 10/22/2008 3:27:54 PM
        
        Hey...this is a FAMILY board. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 6:57:33 PM
        
        okay.. - Jody - 10/22/2008 3:30:16 PM

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