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Topic: New book shows U.S. top earners pay
larger share of taxes than any
other industrialized nation |
New book shows U.S. top earners pay
larger share of taxes than any
other industrialized nation
Washington Times, by Kerry Picket
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Posted By:Maryland_Patriot, 10/9/2012 2:17:57 PM
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| The Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore has just come out with a new book titled Who's the Fairest of Them All?: The Truth about Opportunity, Taxes, and Wealth in America and he reveals some interesting information about how much the top ten percent of income earners in the United States pay in federal income taxes as opposed to any other industrialized nation in the world. According to Moore, these earners pay almost half (45 percent) of the country's total taxes.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Redneck In NY, 10/9/2012 2:29:48 PM (No. 8920978)
Shhh, no need for pesky facts when there is class warfare to be had...
Why, can you just imagine what would happen if the Honey Boo Boo's didn't have a rich ol' Republican to hate?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bpl40, 10/9/2012 2:31:40 PM (No. 8920984)
Those who don't pay taxes on their income have no skin in the game. They and their votes automatically become a threat to other people's liberty. Its as simple as that.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
JoeUser, 10/9/2012 3:01:17 PM (No. 8921046)
But, but... they're not paying their FAIR SHARE!!
Hate to break it to ya, Obama, but even if "The Rich" are taxed at 100%, it's just a drop in abyss of debt...
It's the Spending, Stupid.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
fayebeck, 10/9/2012 3:21:19 PM (No. 8921097)
As much as I admire Stephen Moore, his book will change nothing.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Dante, 10/9/2012 3:23:12 PM (No. 8921102)
It has never been about 'fairness', the jealous and envious want to see the government punish those doing better than them. Zero is glad to feed into that while ignoring the obvious reality that higher taxes alone barely dent the annual deficit, let alone the total debt.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Mai Bad, 10/9/2012 5:58:15 PM (No. 8921394)
Yo....yo......DUH?
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