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Originally Posted by hartford_renter

Ok the percentage of income going to taxes is lower but the spending is higher.

The top 1% earns more in income but pays a much higher rate. For example a couple making 50K with two kids pays about 1% in federal income tax but a couple making 250K with two kids pays about 20% In income tax.

The rich couple makes 5 times more and pays 20 times more. The lower class in most cases gets a tax refund through the earned income tax credit.

The median income is about 50K so it represents the middle class. The tax rates are very progressive and the rich pay a higher percent a higher amount then the middle class.

The median income pays about 10% of their income in federal taxes the top 1% pays about 20%

Progressivity in United States income tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So the rich are paying about 2X the rate and like 30X the amount in taxes. I'm sorry but this is highway robbery, the poor are bankrupting this country and dumb liberals who obsess over guns and abortion help make this happen. This is why the state is going bankrupt and companies are leaving.

I think you need to read up on and understand marginal tax rates...