[bigcat32]

Don’t let Dems get away with claiming the rich paid more in taxes in the 50’s than they do today. I ran into this argument a few times lately. Here’s some ammo to counter that false claim if you need it.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I visit left leaning web sites all the time, and this 91% lie is one of their favorites.

We will NEVER be able to move forward until this lie is crushed once and for all.

[King Moonracer]

So the top 3% have doubled their percentage of income since 1958, and the poor have cell phones and flat screen televisions. Somebody got screwed.

[Jack Hammer]

All the rhetoric about so-called “fair” tax rates is nothing but lies and horse sh*t.

As everyone knows, it’s simply the product of an effort by closet Marxists in the government to garner favor with the jealous masses by punishing the successful for being successful.

The only thing these tax rates will do, when combined with the endless red tape binding up businesses, is bring the economy to its knees.

That’s fine with Obama, of course, since the destruction of the American economy is what he’s wanted since he was a kid in knee breeches.

[Sherman Logan]

In contrast, the share of taxes paid by the bottom two-thirds of taxpayers has fallen dramatically over the same period. In 1958, these Americans accounted for 41.3% of adjusted gross income and paid 29% of all federal taxes. By 2010, their share of adjusted gross income had fallen to 22.5%. But their share of taxes paid fell far more dramatically—to 6.7%.

Highly unlikely. "All federal taxes" covers a lot more than income tax. In fact, income tax is only about 50% of the total of federal taxes. The others are not graduated by income, for the most part.

Conservatives make an error here that I think actually weakens our cause.

We talk about "federal income tax," which is disproportionately paid by those with high incomes, as if it is the only tax imposed on Americans.

This is of course untrue, as we're all willing to admit in other contexts. State and local taxes and federal payroll taxes make up the considerable majority of all taxes, and most of these are not significantly graduated by income.

Fine, let's talk about the comparative tax burdens carried by different income groups. But let's talk about their total tax burden, not just one segment of it because we think it helps our case. Such dishonesty, while tempting, is I think in the long run counter-productive.

[Graewoulf]

Financial File.

[driftless2]

Obama knows all the facts. He doesn’t care. He’s a leftist ideologue bent on destroying the traditional American economy. It’s all about “fairness” don’t you see. It’s not fair that some people make a lot more than others. Obama will fix that. He’ll fix everything. (snicker)