So the top 1% pay 24% of taxes but earn only 15% of income, they are overtaxed

That you are obviously racist.

Thanks for that, now I understand,

The one percent can always work less, make less, and earn that lower rate; what is stopping them?

So are regressive tax systems.

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So the top 1% pay 24% of taxes but earn only 15% of income, they are overtaxed

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Bottom 50% pays nothing - yet they aren't "undertaxed" according to the progressives.

EVERYONE should have skin in the game - otherwise, they don't care about spending or waste and have no interest other than their own direct benefits.

There is a very small group in this country that "pay nothing"

If you buy gasoline, you pay taxes. If you by any product that is not food, you pay taxes. If you rent an apartment, you pay taxes. If you have a utility bill, you pay taxes. If you have a telephone, you pay taxes.

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There is a very small group in this country that "pay nothing"

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The OP was talking about income taxes, brah.

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There is a very small group in this country that "pay nothing"

If you buy gasoline, you pay taxes. If you by any product that is not food, you pay taxes. If you rent an apartment, you pay taxes. If you have a utility bill, you pay taxes. If you have a telephone, you pay taxes.

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You've got to be trolling with this nonsense. No one is actually this stupid.

Or are you just ignoring that the "income" these people are using to get "taxed" while purchasing these items is given to them?

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Do you really believe half the people in America get all of their income from the government for free?

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I never said 50% of them do. But please, ignore the substance.

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Do you really believe half the people in America get all of their income from the government for free?

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We're not that far from half.

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In June, according to BLS, the labor force participation rate for Americans was 62.8 percent, matching a 36-year low. The participation rate is the percentage of the population that either has a job or actively sought one in the last four weeks.

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Obamacare has pushed us over the entitlements tipping point. In 2011 some 49.2 percent of U.S. households received benefits from one or more government programs—about 151 million out of an estimated 306.8 million Americans—according to U.S. Census Bureau data released last October.

Currently, around 6 million to 7 million Americans who have signed up for Obamacare are receiving taxpayer-provided subsidies (though the administration’s numbers cannot be trusted, it’s all we have to work with). There are another 3 million who have signed up for Medicaid.

That means some 10 million Americans—or a total of about 161 million—are now getting government subsidies (though the final number might be somewhat lower since some may have been receiving benefits already).

Obamacare has pushed us over the entitlements tipping point. In 2011 some 49.2 percent of U.S. households received benefits from one or more government programs—about 151 million out of an estimated 306.8 million Americans—according to U.S. Census Bureau data released last October.

Currently, around 6 million to 7 million Americans who have signed up for Obamacare are receiving taxpayer-provided subsidies (though the administration’s numbers cannot be trusted, it’s all we have to work with). There are another 3 million who have signed up for Medicaid.

That means some 10 million Americans—or a total of about 161 million—are now getting government subsidies (though the final number might be somewhat lower since some may have been receiving benefits already).

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