[The Pack Knight]

And, as Rush, among others, has pointed out, we're approaching the day when that last chart, the amount the top 50% of earners pay, will reach 100%. Soon after that day, a majority of earners, and probably a majority of voters, will pay no income taxes.

If that happens, the situation will be irreversible without some sort of taxpayer revolt. It could get very ugly.

[socialismisinsidious]

If that happens, the situation will be irreversible without some sort of taxpayer revolt. It could get very ugly.

I pray this country still has it in US to have a revolt. That we don't continue on the socialist slide and become a full fledged socialist hell hole......sitting around not being able to figure out why no one works, why there are shortages, why thousands of people die during a heat wave, why punks run riot in the streets, why health care sucks....

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"It could get very ugly."

When it gets to that point, it's going to be beyond ugly.

Think of it this way; those really wealthy folks that are paying the majority of taxes already have found every conceivable legal loophole available to them as it is...and they STILL pay through the nose.

I'm hardly a 'Nattering Neighbob of Negativity,' but when push comes to shove, I'd quit earning a taxable income if I were them. ;)

We ARE heading down a slippery slope. The number of people "on the dole" these days is staggering. The amount of tax dollars currently directed at Health & Human Services looks like this:

The only thing gaining on that is the Ponzi Scheme known as "Social Security." And it's not even funded in actual dollars!