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Homebrew wrote:Here is Therefore, they should make up the tax burden, that was formerly paid, by the middle class.my take on the fair share, of the rich. I believe the rich should pay much higher taxes, than they do today, and here is the rational for this belief. For many years, the majority of taxes, collectedin the US, were paid by the middle class. Not neccessarily as a percentage of their income, but as a percentage of the gross reciepts of the IRS. This has gradually decreased, due to outsourcing the jobs, of the middle class. During the same period, the income of the surviving middle class, has stagnated, while the income of the top 1%, has exploded. Many of the 1% have had a massive increase in wealth due to the outsourcing of the jobs, of the middle class. I will have to do some research, and crunch some numbers, to come up with an actual percentage that they should be taxed, to make up the difference, but I imagine, that the percentage, would make them scream bloody murder.
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew) P.S. I would go into greater detail, but I am typing this using a slow as hell wifi, and I hate this keyboard. It ain't working and it never has (your wi-fi, I mean). CBO tells us year-in and year-out that the so-called "rich" pay the majority of the tax burden in this country, no matter how you slice it. And the bottom 40 percent of income earners not only pay nothing, but get extra money back they didn't pay in the form of "earned income credit". Meanwhile, those "rich people" everyone wants to ass-ram a little harder are also the ones creating jobs. So cram it to the rich people. Make 'em suffer. And we'll all clap. Hooray! F-the rich guys! I'm sure they won't respond with anything like spending less, investing less, shipping more jobs overseas, closing businesses and laying off people. We're one week past the election and I've already sat in on two meetings where our corporation is discussing how we're going to handle Obamacare, increased taxes, and upcoming federal regulations. I can tell you the discussions sure as hell weren't about adding faclities, buying more equipment and creating jobs.
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