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Originally Posted by WesternCanadaKing
There is so much wrong with your post but this really stood out in not only its ignorance but also the arrogance. I don't understand why its such a problem to ask all members of the society to contribute more during times of hardship. The middle class and poor are going to pay no matter what happens.
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Calgaryborn and Cowperson are absolutely correct when they say that the vast majority of taxes is paid for by the rich.
Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax
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In recent years, credits for low- and middle-income families have grown so much that a family of four making as much as $50,000 will owe no federal income tax for 2009, as long as there are two children younger than 17, according to a separate analysis by the consulting firm Deloitte Tax.
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The result is a tax system that exempts almost half the country from paying for programs that benefit everyone, including national defense, public safety, infrastructure and education. It is a system in which the top 10 percent of earners -- households making an average of $366,400 in 2006 -- paid about 73 percent of the income taxes collected by the federal government.
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