Reply #134: Tax bullshit.

[Atypical Liberal]

And how crazy to actually demand that most people actually pay a little something on their income as a tax! No, we have to have 51% of earners not paying anything and demand "other people pay...but just not me". I said income tax, not FICA.

The fact of the matter is right now the Forbes 400 control as much wealth as 1/2 of the country combined. The richest Americans have seen their wealth skyrocket over the last decade while simultaneously their effective tax rate has cut in half.

Why is it any surprise when 51% of the earners make so little that it's not fair to tax them? they don't have the fucking money - the top 10% of earners do!.

I love it how the right-wing folks get all pearl-clutchy when they say that 51% of earners don't pay any taxes. Well that's because even though they are "earners" these people COMBINED make about the same amount of money as the top 400 earners do!

And excuse me for wanting a better life than my parents had, and a better one still for my children.