I think it's important to remember that the top 1% can only claim credit for funding over 40% of the total federal taxes because they have managed to suppress t

I think it's important to remember that the top 1% can only claim credit for funding over 40% of the total federal taxes because they have managed to suppress the growth of wages for the bottom 99%. Since they have captured so much of the wealth, they have robbed the bottom 99% of the ability to sustain their own the country. This isn't a function of generosity or humanitarian sentiment and to imply otherwise would be, in my opinion, dishonest. As we see the top 1% decide to pay less and less of the tax burden (a burden they have placed on themselves), we'll see more crime and unrest and roads rot and the social safety net touted in this article begins to disappear.