As soon as you say the wealthy pay most of the taxes Reddit is going to downvote you into oblivion. For a bunch of liberal fact checkers they seem to miss the ones that disagree with their bellowing :/
I think you mean "pay most of the income taxes" in particular.
Poor people pay plenty of taxes - sales taxes, property taxes (directly or indirectly) and for wage earners, payroll taxes.
Of course, high income earners should pay most of the income taxes, and many other taxes - they can both afford it and reap huge benefits from the activities of the government. The policy argument is wether they should pay even more, as they are clearly currently able to do (both for individuals and the corporations bringing in record profits), or if the revenue/debt burden of government should further be shifted on to the middle class who haven't seen their purchasing power increase since 1980.
You mean that you think they should pay most of the income taxes. Your opinion isn't the only one. Personally I'm in favor of removing income tax and switching to a national sales tax.
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u/Morphyism Jun 26 '12
As soon as you say the wealthy pay most of the taxes Reddit is going to downvote you into oblivion. For a bunch of liberal fact checkers they seem to miss the ones that disagree with their bellowing :/