ECSNorway Wrote:So, tell me then: In exactly what way is it so unfair that we need to raise taxes on "the rich", when the top 1% of income-earners pay 36% of the total US income tax bill, while the bottom 48% of income-earners pay exactly nothing?Because you are only looking at income taxes, while ignoring all the regressive taxes like sales taxes.
And if you decide to look at wealth (i.e. how much people have as opposed to how much they take in), well...
...we're gonna need to get to taxin'.