Warren doesn't think. That's the trouble.

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Warren doesn't think. That's the trouble.

TB — 9/29/2011 5:05:42 PM (archived)

"Our" taxes? You remember the numbers you force yourself to forget every time I bring them up?

The people making over $250,000 a year (including a large number of businesses) pay most of the taxes. It's something like 70 percent on the Federal level, counting payroll taxes. I don't have exact figures on state taxes, but it seems likely they're picking up a similar share. Same for property taxes

Liberals can wail endlessly about percentages of income, or "tax rates," but the hard fact is that the guy who puts $100,000 into the treasury is paying for a hell of a lot more government services than the guy who puts $100 in, or in far too many cases, nothing at all.

The owners of that factory aren't driving on roads you're paying for. You're driving on roads they're paying for.

There. Now you can forget it again.

For anyone who cares, the numbers are here.

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Elizabeth Warren - RobVG - 9/29/2011 12:32:46 AM
- Re: Elizabeth Warren - Jody - 9/30/2011 2:55:12 PM
  - Ya knew I had to respond - ER - 9/30/2011 6:47:27 PM
    - Re: Ya knew I had to respond - Jody - 9/30/2011 8:51:57 PM
      - Re: Ya knew I had to respond - ER - 9/30/2011 9:27:56 PM
        
        Re: Ya knew I had to respond - Jody - 9/30/2011 9:47:19 PM
- Re: Elizabeth Warren - FrankC - 9/29/2011 6:59:32 PM
  - Re: Elizabeth Warren - Jody - 9/29/2011 8:21:36 PM
  - You'll never find out. - TB - 9/29/2011 8:20:42 PM
- Re: Elizabeth Warren - Eri - 9/29/2011 4:28:47 PM
  - Warren doesn't think. That's the trouble. - TB - 9/29/2011 5:05:42 PM
    - Re: Warren doesn't think. That's the trouble. - Eri - 9/30/2011 4:16:20 AM
      - Re: Warren doesn't think. That's the trouble. - TB - 9/30/2011 3:14:30 PM
        
        Re: Warren doesn't think. That's the trouble. - Eri - 9/30/2011 8:42:34 PM
        
        Re: Warren doesn't think. That's the trouble. - TB - 9/30/2011 9:22:18 PM
- Re: Elizabeth Warren - Jody - 9/29/2011 4:21:28 AM
- Yeah, the "infrastructure creates the wealth" bit. - TB - 9/29/2011 3:48:50 AM
- Re: Elizabeth Warren - ER - 9/29/2011 1:14:29 AM
  - It's how I feel and I'm not ashamed of it. - RobVG - 9/29/2011 2:25:08 AM
    - Re: It's how I feel and I'm not ashamed of it. - Eri - 9/29/2011 4:35:51 PM
      - Re: It's how I feel and I'm not ashamed of it. - TB - 9/29/2011 5:11:11 PM
      - You go, girl! - ER - 9/29/2011 4:53:11 PM
        
        They are scared of you. - ER - 9/29/2011 8:45:07 PM
        
        She's the Bachmann of the left. - Lee - 9/29/2011 9:29:44 PM
        
        Scared? - TB - 9/29/2011 8:51:44 PM
        
        Re: Scared? - ER - 9/29/2011 9:01:13 PM
        
        Re: Scared? - TB - 9/29/2011 9:06:26 PM
        
        No Tom. She is absolutely right. - ER - 9/29/2011 9:37:04 PM
        
        It's so easy, isn't it? - TB - 9/29/2011 10:12:38 PM
        
        Hmmm, let me see... - ER - 9/29/2011 10:27:05 PM
        
        Re: Hmmm, let me see... - Jody - 9/30/2011 2:01:23 PM
        
        And there's the duck again. - TB - 9/29/2011 10:30:50 PM
        
        Re: And there's the duck again. - Eri - 9/30/2011 4:24:25 AM
        
        Re: And there's the duck again. - TB - 9/30/2011 3:53:44 PM

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