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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1034508)	10/20/2017 4:05:07 PM
From: Heywood40	2 Recommendations Recommended By Jeff Hayden rdkflorida2 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574746

There's a reason nobody who likes the percentage comparisons wants to look at the actual numbers. If the top 1% own 40% of wealth, the other 99% owns 60%. That means for every $1 one of the lower 99% has, one of the top 1% has $60.60. (of each $1000, 1% has $400, 99% share the remaining $600, at $60.60 each) So, an individual with 66 times more money is paying 70.6% of the taxes. Sounds about right to me, considering money earned to pay the basic costs of food, clothing, medical care and shelter should be taxed at a much lower rate than money earned to pay the costs of yachts, Gulfstreams, Maseratis, country club memberships, caviar and the gold-plating of room decor. Do you disagree?