50% pay NOTHING, so that means that other 50% are paying for everything.
No federal income tax, you mean. Those sluggos still pay the payroll tax, but that doesn’t do anything to ease the deficit.
50% pay NOTHING, so that means that other 50% are paying for everything.
It is false to say that anyone pays nothing. Up until there was a federal income tax, no one payed anything. I guess that our nation was founded by a bunch of deadbeats. The point is, that all taxes are taxes and it’s dishonest to only include one type of taxto make any point. How many years have you gone without paying inheritance taxes? You rarely pay inheritance taxes? How unamerican.
If government revenue is some 15% of GDP - everyone paying over 15% is getting a raw deal.
I remember when Kerry was running for President he was saying I wasn’t paying enough at 30 some percent on income in the tens of thousands - while he was paying 3% rate on an income in the hundreds of millions.