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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (111751)	3/1/2008 7:17:26 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

>> They probably do. << so, you admit to having no supporting data and still argue a point from total admitted ignorance. nice.* you can't argue as though this is a zero sum game... if person a doesn't pay enough then someone else pays more... that doesn't stick because we run something called deficits. you know, like 100s of billions in deficits with a $9 trillion debt. the reason we do this is precisely because people don't pay their own way, they shirk it off on people not yet born. it will eventually destroy this nation of narcissists, but we don't care b/c it will probably be destroyed after we've used up all we can... if we are lucky, anyway. not to let facts kick you in the teeth, * in 2001 the top 1% of americans owned 39.7% of american wealth. sociology.ucsc.edu The Top 1% of taxpayers pay 29% of all taxes (i also found a link that put it at ~35%). i just did a quick search in 90 seconds. allegromedia.com that's 39% of the wealth and 29% - 35% of the taxes. oh, and the reason you don't care is b/c you care waaaaay to much about yourself and waaaaay to little about the people getting getting shafting.