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To: tejek who wrote (580895)	8/18/2010 5:41:41 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1573092

They are....everyone knows it except you. The rates where lower before Clinton's increase, that's a lot sooner than 50 years ago. The data you present isn't "the rates". Its the burden of taxation, a separate issue. You aren't even addressing the claim you make. The tax paid, as a percentage of GDP is down, from the recession (which everyone seems to consider the worst since the Great Depression). Recessions are temporary, the fact that in a deep one government income goes down, is expected, and doesn't indicate that the taxes are low, only that the economy is messed up. Translation please. It should have been typed - Getting wealthier != getting away with murder. No they are not paying their fair share. Nonsense. Wealthy people pay a majority of the taxes, and they pay more as a percentage of their income than other groups, whether your just considering the income tax, or counting all federal taxes.