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Originally Posted by kutulu
That irs table that I linked to in my previous post tell a lot about taxation. I should have just linked it at the start of the thread and ended the whole thread with it.
ace made a nice sounding arguement that the rich don't pay taxes and we need to simplify things so that they pay their share but the whole thread was based on a lie. Look at the table. The top 1% in America paid almost 34% of the income taxes in 2001. Based on that, it sure looks like they are paying taxes.
On a side note, look at some of the other information in there. Did you know that the top 1% makes more money than the entire bottom 50% combined? |
Never said the rich don't pay taxes. Perhaps you should re-read what I wrote before making misleading comments.
I clearly stated that I made up the scenerio to illustrate a point. The tax avoidance methods used by the rich are real.
Rich people control what they pay in taxes based on many factors. The call to increase taxes on the rich IMHO, is a means to appeal to the masses and get votes for democrats.