Morganni - it isn't a question of whether or not the wealthy actually pay more taxes or not. It's a question of capability to pay.
Look, I don't know about you and where you live, but it's pretty hard to get by in most places with Uncle Sam asking a twenty percent cut on top of whatever the State and Local governments take. Don't say it. I already know: "Twenty percent? That's nothing! We pay twice that in Country X." That's all fine and good, but pray tell what the hell is the average cost of living where you live? According to this site, it sounds pretty damn peachy in Canada compared to how things are in America.
Some places are more expensive to live in. Others cost less. Seriously, if you do want to argue the point with me you're going to have to provide hard figures.
Besides, it's not like you can wring any money from people that don't make much in the first place - really, the tax burden is mostly on the Middle Class. And may I remind you guys that it's the Middle Class that's been dropping like flies. So say that in some fantasy world that we were able to perpetuate these shenanigans? The Middle Class would eventually become virtually non-existent and the Upper Class would be stuck with the bill because the Lower Class sure as hell can't pay it.
It's the Upper Class that has benefited the most from this morass and it is high time they paid the piper.
Look, I don't know about you and where you live, but it's pretty hard to get by in most places with Uncle Sam asking a twenty percent cut on top of whatever the State and Local governments take. Don't say it. I already know: "Twenty percent? That's nothing! We pay twice that in Country X." That's all fine and good, but pray tell what the hell is the average cost of living where you live? According to this site, it sounds pretty damn peachy in Canada compared to how things are in America.
Some places are more expensive to live in. Others cost less. Seriously, if you do want to argue the point with me you're going to have to provide hard figures.
Besides, it's not like you can wring any money from people that don't make much in the first place - really, the tax burden is mostly on the Middle Class. And may I remind you guys that it's the Middle Class that's been dropping like flies. So say that in some fantasy world that we were able to perpetuate these shenanigans? The Middle Class would eventually become virtually non-existent and the Upper Class would be stuck with the bill because the Lower Class sure as hell can't pay it.
It's the Upper Class that has benefited the most from this morass and it is high time they paid the piper.