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Old 07-31-2009, 02:09 PM   #1
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To put this in perspective, the top 1 percent is comprised of just 1.4 million taxpayers and they pay a larger share of the income tax burden now than the bottom 134 million taxpayers combined.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/24944.html
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It's a good thing there isn't a Monaco in North America, huh.
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where much is given, much is required. . .
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Top 1% in 2007 was 277k.

http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2007/02/...-rich-o-meter/
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where much is given, much is required. . .
In that case, maybe we should be requiring more of the poor.
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my question as well.
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that's cuz the rich are making more and more while the middle class hasn't.
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that's cuz the rich are making more and more while the middle class hasn't.
That's nonsense. But the point aside, it certainly dents the argument that the rich aren't paying their "fair" share.
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That's nonsense. But the point aside, it certainly dents the argument that the rich aren't paying their "fair" share.
How so? You are presupposing that "fair" is less than current levels.
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