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To: tejek who wrote (145212)	4/16/2002 6:16:14 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1573682

As a result, I plan to pass the hat for B. Gates asap. I don't feel sorry for him either but that is no reason to take so much money from him. Secondly, let me say that its not surprising that the top 17% pay 34% of total income taxes. There are a lot of employed people who pay little if any taxes at all because if they did, they would not have any money left over to live on. Just in case there was any confusion (I'm not saying there was) the top 1% of people represent 17% of the income and pay about 34% of the taxes. Its not really a surprise to me either, but my point was to point out that the rich don't just pay more because they are have more taxable income but also because they pay a higher percentage of their income as taxes. Even after stripping out those who pay no federal income taxes the top 1% and the top 5% still pay a higher rate then the rest of us. Also the percentage of taxes paid by the rich is growing and has been growing for some time. Excuse me. You want examples of left wing dictatorships......look at Castro, and a number of gov'ts in South America. In what way does Castro differ from Stalin, that makes Castro left wing and Stalin right wing? Tim