Wealth distribution in the US

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Which are deductions, non taxed.
Uh, like everyone else?
Yes they are, through a graduated system most feel is the fairest way, for the last hundred years.

You mean most as in the majority who support it but don't pay it.

As far a Ben goes, he went on the air and whined about the feds, while totally lying through his teeth with misinformation and distorted numbers, in an attempt to make people feel sorry for him (and his rich buddies), and ultimately fool people into supporting a tax break for him.
He's a lousy actor and proved it Sunday morning.

I don't think he won over any converts. He just sounded like a whiner. No one feels sorry for him, well except maybe the millionaires in Congress.

Now if your real bitch, is where and how the government spends tax revenues, that's a whole different kettle of fish, and has nothing to do with whether they raise Ben's taxes 3% or not.
If starting tomorrow, the government could only spend money on things you approve of, they should still raise Ben's taxes 3%, because they still has to pay for that trillion dollar Iraq war, and 2 or 3 hundred billion for the savings&Loan fiasco, and 9 years in Afghanistan, and bailing out Wall street, and, and, and... plus interest.

Hard to argue with that, we are in it deep. But that doesn't mean we can go on spending like whores with an openended check book and ignore those facts.

A flater tax makes everyone invested in the system. Do away with the loopholes. Hell start a VAT if that is what it takes, with some exceptions for food and income.