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Maybe. But this deals with federal taxes and 47% of the country doesn't pay federal taxes (http://bit.ly/dBESEf http://bit.ly/dBESEf). Plus these are averages
by SamAtt 16y ago
Maybe. But this deals with federal taxes and 47% of the country doesn't pay federal taxes (http://bit.ly/dBESEf http://bit.ly/dBESEf). Plus these are averages meaning of the 53% of those who pay federal taxes a good portion of them pay less than that while a smaller portion pay quite a bit more.
So a very large portion of the country is forcing much of the burden of the state on a very small (and admittedly much more well off) part and I'm not sure if people would choose to do that or not if shown the numbers outright
- bwh2 16y ago47% don't pay federal income tax. To quote the article: "The vast majority of people who escape federal income taxes still pay other taxes, including federal payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare, and excise taxes on gasoline, aviation, alcohol and cigarettes. Many also pay state or local taxes on sales, income and property." So it's quite inaccurate to simply say they don't pay federal taxes, particularly when discussing an article identifying 32% of federal spending going towards Medicare and Social Security.
- SamAtt 16y agoFair enough. Though I think the point still stands which is that most would be choosing whether a person far richer than themselves should pay a chunk of their money and more people would be willing to do that.