Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in 2016

Re:Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in... by andybak on Sunday October 14, 2018 @06:35PM (#18215917)

I think it's down to how we define "more". In dollar amounts then no. You're correct.

But in terms of value? Almost by definition, the rich are benefiting from the status quo more than the poor and it seems to be a strange feat of logic to argue that they are getting the raw end of the deal.

It's not like the wealthy ever go "those people on benefits have it easy. Hell. I'm going to join them".

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Re:Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in... by bluedevil2k on Sunday October 14, 2018 @08:42PM (#18216558)

No, they don’t say they want to join the poor, but I think wealthy people think the government is not really involved much in their day to day life, whereas I don’t think poor people can say the same.

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Re:Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in... by quxbar on Monday October 15, 2018 @06:34AM (#18218666)

Let's say Wal-mart pays so little that their workers regularly have to go on food stamps to get by. Are those workers benefitting the most, or is Wal-mart? Working for low wages while additionally being held to the strictures of a government program is a double-dose of agency removal.

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