Don't bitch that the rich don't pay enough taxes

[ntdz]

http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/2286.html

Overall, we find that America's lowest-earning one-fifth of households received roughly $8.21 in government spending for each dollar of taxes paid in 2004. Households with middle-incomes received $1.30 per tax dollar, and America's highest-earning households received $0.41.

Maybe you should thank the rich for supporting the rest of the population instead of lambasting them in a jealous rage...don't bite the hand that feeds.

 

[3chordcharlie]

trollin' trollin' trollin'

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: ntdz
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/2286.html

Overall, we find that America's lowest-earning one-fifth of households received roughly $8.21 in government spending for each dollar of taxes paid in 2004. Households with middle-incomes received $1.30 per tax dollar, and America's highest-earning households received $0.41.

Maybe you should thank the rich for supporting the rest of the population instead of lambasting them in a jealous rage...don't bite the hand that feeds.

What's the matter, guilty conscious??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 

[SViscusi]

Which column did they add the trillions of dollars spent on military campaigns overseas to protect the interest of the rich?

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: SViscusi
Which column did they add the trillions of dollars spent on military campaigns overseas to protect the interest of the rich?

More tax money get directly spent on the poor than they contribute, and less on the rich than they contribute.

I know this, because it's the reason my money cries at night.

*why did they take my borthers and sisters from you? WHY??* *whimper-sob*

 

[dahunan]

Well.. honestly.. something does need to be done about the poor in the country who do not follow any basic logic..

Bad husbands
No degrees
FOUR OR FIVE KIDS
Welfare for all of them .. Why?

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: ntdz
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/2286.html

Overall, we find that America's lowest-earning one-fifth of households received roughly $8.21 in government spending for each dollar of taxes paid in 2004. Households with middle-incomes received $1.30 per tax dollar, and America's highest-earning households received $0.41.

Maybe you should thank the rich for supporting the rest of the population instead of lambasting them in a jealous rage...don't bite the hand that feeds.

Holy Sh!t! Im just wowed by this info. WOW! So the wealthy dont need support?! Holy sh!t. Nuts you have out done yourself.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: homercles337

Originally posted by: ntdz
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/2286.html

Overall, we find that America's lowest-earning one-fifth of households received roughly $8.21 in government spending for each dollar of taxes paid in 2004. Households with middle-incomes received $1.30 per tax dollar, and America's highest-earning households received $0.41.

Maybe you should thank the rich for supporting the rest of the population instead of lambasting them in a jealous rage...don't bite the hand that feeds.

Holy Sh!t! Im just wowed by this info. WOW! So the wealthy dont need support?! Holy sh!t. Nuts you have out done yourself.

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

 

[Moonbeam]

You imbecile, who gets the benefits in terms of income.

 

[Darwin333]

The person who earned it? Just a guess.

 

[her209]

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/topic/92.html

:laugh:

 

[blackangst1]

Originally posted by: ntdz
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/2286.html

Overall, we find that America's lowest-earning one-fifth of households received roughly $8.21 in government spending for each dollar of taxes paid in 2004. Households with middle-incomes received $1.30 per tax dollar, and America's highest-earning households received $0.41.

Maybe you should thank the rich for supporting the rest of the population instead of lambasting them in a jealous rage...don't bite the hand that feeds.

:thumbsup:

The rich may be able to be criticized for alot of things (well, everyone can be) but not contributing to the country surely isnt one of them

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: Darwin333
The person who earned it? Just a guess.

Wrong. If you will read the post:

"Overall, we find that America's lowest-earning one-fifth of households received roughly $8.21 in government spending for each dollar of taxes paid in 2004. Households with middle-incomes received $1.30 per tax dollar, and America's highest-earning households received $0.41."

you will clearly see that all three groups are said to earn. So my question, had you been less thick, was which group benefits by having the greatest earnings.

Don't bite the hand that feeds. That's great. The rich are vampires that depend on a functioning society of millions of others for their wealth. Out in the jungle they would be worth less than a monkey and dead in a couple of days.

 

[fskimospy]

The premise of this report is flawed. The rich benefit in many ways from government spending, not all of which are in the form of direct subsidies. A good example.. say the government spends $100 million to build low income housing. Well, that contract is awarded through a construction company owned by some very wealthy individuals and they profit substantially as well.

So, well... of course the rich pay more intaxes proportionaltely. That's the point of a progressive tax system. The disparity is not as large as that report would have you believe though.

Moonbeam is also correct that many of the rich in this country depend on a system that is fundamentally massively stacked in their favor. They benefit hugely from this system, and so I don't have a big problem with the system taking some of that back.

 

[blackangst1]

So many jealous non-rich here.

"The premise of this report is flawed",
"The rich are vampires...Out in the jungle they would be worth less than a monkey and dead in a couple of days. ";

waiting patiently for the rest. The contempt for the LARGEST contributers of tax money is very telling.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: homercles337
Holy Sh!t! Im just wowed by this info. WOW! So the wealthy dont need support?! Holy sh!t. Nuts you have out done yourself.

Next up, the top 20% is broken down into 5% brackets. Holy sh*t, the top 5% receives less benefits compared to the other 15%. Holy sh*t!

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: SViscusi
Which column did they add the trillions of dollars spent on military campaigns overseas to protect the interest of the rich?

So the poor aren't protected via the military? Only the rich? hmmm

Let's think... we leave Iraq, the price of oil goes up to $5 a gallon... who suffers more the rich or the poor?

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: blackangst1
So many jealous non-rich here.

"The premise of this report is flawed",
"The rich are vampires...Out in the jungle they would be worth less than a monkey and dead in a couple of days. ";

waiting patiently for the rest. The contempt for the LARGEST contributers of tax money is very telling.

I'm guessing you didn't read my post. I suggest you go back and try again. My pont was not that the rich do not pay more then the poor, as that is obvious. My point was the disparity is made to look artificially large in that report. That is not contempt... that is reality.

 

[MadRat]

Strings are attached to every penny the poor and middle class get back from the rich. The rich can go **** themselves, because frankly this is all about wrestling control of the money. Eliminate income taxes altogether and watch the economy that applies to the joe commoner soar. Why? Because business would have to follow natural forces of business and not a somewhat centralized planning. But that wouldn't be fair or right to the rest of mankind, because americans are driving global warming. And we all know america must be saved from its dumb self. Do it for the women and children in the developing world. I can feel your pain, but do it for the children... they need your jobs.

 

[SViscusi]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn

Originally posted by: SViscusi
Which column did they add the trillions of dollars spent on military campaigns overseas to protect the interest of the rich?

So the poor aren't protected via the military? Only the rich? hmmm

Let's think... we leave Iraq, the price of oil goes up to $5 a gallon... who suffers more the rich or the poor?

Why would gas go up? More importantly why would gas prices have gone up if the status quo in Iraq had been kept?

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn

Originally posted by: SViscusi
Which column did they add the trillions of dollars spent on military campaigns overseas to protect the interest of the rich?

So the poor aren't protected via the military? Only the rich? hmmm

Let's think... we leave Iraq, the price of oil goes up to $5 a gallon... who suffers more the rich or the poor?

Well thanks for admitting to the truth that the false war is for oil.

We're better off with horse and buggy than selling out to you and your kind.

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
I'm guessing you didn't read my post. I suggest you go back and try again. My pont was not that the rich do not pay more then the poor, as that is obvious. My point was the disparity is made to look artificially large in that report. That is not contempt... that is reality.

50% of the people in this country pay 96% of income taxes, which means the other 50% pay less than 4%. Is that enough disparity for you?

Look... figures for you... Page 18 of PDF
Effective Income Tax rate for 2001
Bottom 20% -5.6%
Next 20% 0.3%

Share of Tax liability
Lowest 20% 1.1%
Next 20% 5%
Top 20% 65.3%
Top 10% 50%- that means 10% of the people in this country pay have the federal income taxes.

 

[wetech]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Don't bite the hand that feeds. That's great. The rich are vampires that depend on a functioning society of millions of others for their wealth. Out in the jungle they would be worth less than a monkey and dead in a couple of days.

This can be said about anyone in society, so what's your point?

 

[wetech]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
The premise of this report is flawed. The rich benefit in many ways from government spending, not all of which are in the form of direct subsidies. A good example.. say the government spends $100 million to build low income housing. Well, that contract is awarded through a construction company owned by some very wealthy individuals and they profit substantially as well.

Everyone who works for the construction company in your example would benefit, from the owners down to the guys laying bricks.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: wetech


Everyone who works for the construction company in your example would benefit, from the owners down to the guys laying bricks.

A.) ProfJohn you didn't address the substance of my post.
B.) Yes wetech you are right... some however will benefit FAR more then others... which was my whole point.