The data I provided showed that's about what we have, except that it plateaus,
for the top 50% at 23% +/-.



"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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The Carrolls wrote:
So shouldn"t the wealthy pay a larger percentage?

Why? My Yearly income tax bill, exceeds the national median income.
Are you saying that because I went to school for most of my life, got
into an industry that has to pay well to keep me, worked my butt off and
continue to do so, pay top dollar for various insurance and licenses, am
not eligible for most government assistance programs due to my income,
receive no special treatment for day to day benefits of living in this
country, that I should pay a greater percentage of my salary for this
"privilege"?
BULLCHIT!!!!!!
Modified Flat Tax....Below a national median poverty level ....no tax;
poverty level to the median income level .... half tax; median income
level and above, 10% tax on gross CASH INCOME. EG let the games begin !

otn

Jeff Morris wrote:
The data I provided showed that's about what we have, except that it plateaus,
for the top 50% at 23% +/-.

HUH? I haven't paid that small a percentage in years !!

An argument on taxes is like an argument about politics or religion
......useless. Until you go to the basic problem and solve that, you're
wasting your time.
The basic problem.... a government, peopled by politicians and
beauracracies which are not REQUIRED to balance a budget, act
responsibly, efficiently, etc.
We've got a government who's main job is "politics as per usual", that
solves every problem by creating more government to govern and oversee
the government and find new ways to create revenue that they can waste
in a politically correct fashion.
Down through history, governments of any and all kinds, have become
wasteful, inefficient and more interested in serving the interest of the
government, rather than the people they were/are supposed to serve, as
soon as they were allowed to attain any degree of power .... and being
as most people are sheep, wanting to be lead, this has and will always
be, easy.
The US is no different ...we gave up a government "of the people, by the
people, for the people", long ago (if it ever really existed). Political
arguments, regarding various problems we see, existing within the
government, be it taxes, health care, justice, etc., will bring about
little if any real solutions to the real basic problems, only bandaid
fixes, that will allow "government" to continue to muddle along as it
has and will..... you want to fix the problems we see in government
every day? Go after the real problem ... the outmoded, old fashion,
overblown government, that's the cause of those problems.


ROFLMAO ....sheesh, what a waste of net time, or whatever it's called
..... oh well, guess I'm allowed the occasional vent.

otn