I made a mistake, you said that the millionaire actually pays just $1,200 a year and that’s all. Fine, that means the guy earning $12,000 a year pays 10% of his salary in taxes and the millionaire pays close to zero percent of his salary in taxes.
The implication is this -— Let’s say there are 200 million taxpayers in this country, each paying $1,200 a year.
That means the US government collects :
200,000,000 X $1,200 = $240 Billion in taxes.
Try defending the country and keeping the peace and securing our borders ( the essential role of government ) and maybe keeping the country’s infrastructure on that amount.
Guess Congress will have to cut back on their pensions.