Originally posted by: Jhhnn
I've just been following the usual disinformation in this thread, hoping that some of the few sensible opinions would prevail. The last post, from sxr7171 was just too much, however.
Nobody in this country gives 65% to the govt. Pure unadulterated anti-tax malarkey. The sad truth is, considering
all forms of taxation that those at the bottom pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than those at the top. Progressive federal income taxes don't even come close to making up the difference in the way the little guy gets chewed up by sales, excise, property, payroll and state income taxes, among others. Looking at the federal income tax numbers by themselves is a cute trick, nothing more, a ruse, a deliberate deception from the anti-tax zealots.
http://gatton.uky.edu/CBER/Downloads/hoyt00.htm
This link has some very interesting charts, particularly chart #6- notice that those at the bottom bear a higher percentage burden than those at the top....
Not that factual information means anything in the normal venting of bile from the uber-right. might want to check out a few of the quotes from here, particularly this one, from Adam Smith-
"The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state ....[As Henry Home (Lord Kames) has written, a goal of taxation should be to] 'remedy inequality of riches as much as possible, by relieving the poor and burdening the rich.'"
http://www.ctj.org/html/quotes.htm
Adam Smith, the father of Capitalism, was... A Commie!!! OMG!