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> If we are talking about equal sacrifice, they did not pay the most, they paid as much as anyone else. I am talking in absolute numbers. There is plenty of re
by hippich 8y ago
> If we are talking about equal sacrifice, they did not pay the most, they paid as much as anyone else.
I am talking in absolute numbers. There is plenty of research on who is paying the most taxes. A just random result from google - http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/06/a-closer-look-at-who-does-and-doesnt-pay-u-s-income-tax/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/06/a-closer-loo...
" A Pew Research Center analysis of IRS data from 2015, the most recent available, shows that taxpayers with incomes of $200,000 or more paid well over half (58.8%) of federal income taxes, though they accounted for only 4.5% of all returns filed (6.8% of all taxable returns)."
- noobermin 8y agoThat's income taxes, the poor pay other taxes too. Also, the poor comprise the people who cut your hair, clean your yards, make your food, essentially provide for those making over 200K. Just because we don't provide the means to live to them like we do for other people doesn't mean they aren't important and don't equally sacrifice.
- hippich 8y agoI am genuinely interested in seeing something about "total taxes paid" (including sales tax, which hits the hardest low-income folks) but I could not find such research. And I am certainly not saying hair cutting is not important. For once, without proper haircut CEO of the company will not be able to raise money to do a new project which potentially can employ a lot of people and pay a lot of taxes.
- notahacker 8y agoThey also benefit the most from government in absolute terms, since the extent of their wealth in the absence of government would be limited to the tiny fraction of their assets that would still meaningfully exist and could reliably be defended with their personal militia.