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I really don't know what you're arguing about here. To repeat myself, if I overestimated how much they paid, then it's even more people whose contributions are

• eesmith 6y ago
  I think the argument is that simple numbers don't really mean much, especially when misrepresented. If you have an point to make, it should be correct. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/revenues/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud... says that payroll taxes and corporate income tax (in 2015) together are about the same contribution to federal income as individual income taxes, which puts a factor of 2 the other way in your estimate.
  • ahelwer 6y ago
    Why are other source of government income relevant here?
    • eesmith 6y ago
      Suppose personal income tax contributed 6% to federal spending, and other revenue sources were the rest. Then only $1 million of a program which costs $15 million would come from the "average American".
• elliekelly 6y ago
  I'm not arguing, that number just seemed shockingly high to me so I suspected it was overstated. It was. That's all.