Re:Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more i...
by gnaritas on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @11:56PM
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> What does this have to do with the poor?
Look up what regressive means and what marginal utility means; nothing I'm saying has anything to do with how taxes are redistributed. Flat taxes are inherently unfair, they ignore the marginal utility of money; they are regressive.
Re:Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more i...
by anigbrowl on Thursday December 31, 2015 @12:08AM
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About 20% goes to 'income support'. There's a slightly partisan-but-fair breakdown here: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/12/federal-spe...
What does this have to do with the poor? Are you under the impression your federal tax dollars get redistributed to the poor? Government contractors aren't poor.
Do you have any idea what percentage of government proceeds are redistributed to the poor? Do not include social security. That money was taken from them to begin with.