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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion
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To: TimF who wrote (1927)9/27/2006 7:02:00 PM
From: JBTFD  Read Replies (1) of 10087
 
<<Whether or not its obscene that the rich make so much money, the point is that the amount of taxes they pay actually has increased both in absolute terms, and as a percentage of all tax receipts.>>

...because they are taking a bigger slice of the total income pie. Their income has increased faster than the other classes. It is NOT due to any altruism or tax policy that they are paying more. They are making more money. Those who make more money pay more in taxes.
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