Quote:
Originally Posted by Honus
It seems about right to me, but I don't claim to know exactly what the appropriate rates are for each income bracket. As a general matter, the tax burden has been shifted toward the lower income earners more than it should be, IMHO.
|
OK, so if $100K of tax for $300K of earnings seems about right to you, please elaborate on what Obama is trying to obtain by seeking more money from those who earn more than $250K or $300K or whatever figure you are unable to obtain.
If $100K seems about right, than I'm certain that you would agree that $120K is too much...............right?
With regard to your assertion that the tax burden has been shifted toward the lower income earners, maybe you could reconcile the fact that a person who earns $40K pays no income tax but a person who earned $300K pays $100K in income tax. Maybe I'm not quite as smart as an attorney and you could possibly explain this discrepancy in light of your assertion.
You are aware, of course, that the two individuals in the aforementioned paragraph use the identical amount of services from the Federal government? I could easily make a case that each should pay the same amount...............but I won't.