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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The tax burden in this country is overwhelmingly supported by the richest 10%. It's not even a close question as that 10% provides about 70% of our tax income. Hell, the top 1% alone covers a little over 1/3 of America's revenue stream. And that's actually a greater percentage than they paid 20 years ago.
Meanwhile, approximately 47% of America's lowest income earners don't pay taxes at all.
You may think that the rich should have to pay a greater share of their income - fine, whatever. But the bottom line is that the rich essentially subsidize 2/3 of this government. The middle class handles about 30% of it and 1/2 the country doesn't do jack shit to carry their burden.
Ignorance like yours is why we can't have a serious discussion about anything in this country.
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The top 5% controls nearly 72% of the money, so 2/3 of the taxes seems like a pretty decent deal.
I'm not sure what the point is with this argument.