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Will:
I am too tired to compose a decent response right now to your post as a whole, but I will touch on the numbers thingy real quick.
I don't believe I have been self contradictory WRT taxes, wealth accumulation, etc.
I am convinced the tax man will eventually catch up even to those with large bank accounts. I will also state that the wealthy are more likely to save. However, I don't see how a direct comparison to wealth accumulation and taxes can be made. Here's why: Two people making the exact same amount of money can have very different bank accounts due to differences in how much they save. That one person may blow all their money while another saves it in a bank account and accumulates that wealth for years before spending it. The second person has a much greater net worth, on average, than the first peroson despite identical incomes and, ultimately, identical net expenditures. Your statistic is dependent on HOW people save, not simply that they earn lots of money.
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