Comrade "Brenda Ann" wrote:


"Berkeley Bolshevik" wrote in message
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The top 1 percent of income earners, by household, paid 39 percent of
all federal income taxes in 2005, whereas the bottom 50 percent paid a
little over 3 percent. Further, 32 percent of all tax returns filed in
2005 were from people who paid no federal income tax at all.

The reason that the top 1% of income earners (and I use the term loosely)
pay 39% of the taxes, is that they glean more than 39% of the money. Actual
taxes paid per dollar *earned* tend to be higher for the middle class
because the middle class doesn't incorporate their wealth into tax shelter
land, so they end up paying a much higher percentage of their actual income
than the upper class...


That's why we need a flat tax. It's more fair.
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Obama did not break his promise to review bills that
reach his desk line by line to eliminate earmarks. He now
says when he said it, it was a Teleprompter malfunction.