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Originally Posted by willravel
Those speak to the amount of money, not the percentage of income. If I make $500,000 a year and I pay $50,000 in taxes, and if you make $36,000 a year and pay $10,000 in taxes, that's going to look slightly decieving if you just show what we payed. $50,000 > $10,000, but $36,000/$10,000 > $500,000/$50,000, but I'm sure you already know that.
I still can't believe that you thinkm you're going to get a rise out of people my misusing the term cognative dissonence.
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The problem with your statement, will, is its make-believe. I like how you use "If." I could put "if" in front of any number of false statements, and I wouldn't be lying, because its just a hypothetical. The fact is, someone making $500,000 a year pays $155,470 in taxes to the federal government on their income. Obviously that doesn't include local or state income taxes, which if you live in NY or CA would add close to another $100,000 in taxes.
Its funny how when the word "if" is used, it makes what you say not a lie.
also, someone making $36,000 doesn't pay $10,000 in income taxes to the fed. Someone making $36,000 pays a maximum of $5,665 in federal income taxes. Most of the time less.