Uh, oh, gotta hide, there are some commies over there that might get me!

One Dollar, One Vote!

I hate stuff that just talks about income tax anyway, becasue as you noted, it doesn’t take into account the real tax burden of working people. And, for that matter, talking about taxes as if they were all cost is disinegnous. Technically, your tax burden is really what you pay out minus the dollar value of what you get back. Bill Gates tax burden, considering that his business only exists becasue of the infrastructure provided by the United States government, is almost certianly less than zero. Without the roads, schools, internet, security, fire protection, court system, etc, Bill gates has bubkus.

And where did you get thos numbers for time? Cause some anti tax group was cliaming that the 1040EZ took ten hours to complete. Which can only be true of your a moron. Actually, somoene who takes 3 hours to do the 1040EZ is probably dead — I cnanot believe anoyone that stupid would have enough brain cells to handle reflexive behavior, like breathing. Making exceptions, of course, for people who don’t speak English or are illiterate.

My taxes this year were fairly complicated, but that’s because I have a mortgage, rental property, itemized deductions with the mortgage interest and business expenses, depreciated business equipment, sold a business, 1099 Misc Income, and took education credits for Melissa’s college. Total tax preparation bill was $158 for both of us.

I feel like Dr. Strangelove grabbing his right arm.

The bottom 50% of income earners (the figures don’t count kids and retired people) pay only 4% or so of the revenue brought in by income taxes.

The top 1% earn around 15% of the total income generated in this country, but account for around 30% of income tax revenue.