52% of Americans Wants to Heavily Tax the Rich (wage, salaries, drugs)

[Stephen1110]

According to a new Gallop poll, 52% of Americans want to heavily tax the rich to redistribute wealth: 45% of Americans don't.


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Americans Continue to Say U.S. Wealth Distribution Is Unfair

Enough is enough.The economy needs higher taxes on the rich. It's the only way it works.

Do you think our government should or should not redistribute wealth by heavy taxes on the rich?

[T-310]

So you want to punish success. As do these so-called 52% BS.

So you advocate socialism.

Hint, the rich already pay the majority of the taxes while the poor pay none.

[texan2yankee]

Scary ****. Who is "rich"?

I'd like to see a poll that asked the same nebulous question in past years.

[Rakin]

"Wealth Distribution"

Always sounds like a funny way for the people who don't want to work to get more money.

How about getting an education, not doing drugs and getting a job distribution?
Maybe we call that "Get off your Azz" Distribution.

[dysgenic]

Originally Posted by T-310

So you want to punish success. As do these so-called 52% BS.

So you advocate socialism.

Hint, the rich already pay the majority of the taxes while the poor pay none.

I'm for eliminating all taxes.

[Opin_Yunated]

No brainer.

Progressive taxation is the cornerstone of a developed society. Without high income taxes on "the rich," they are able to hoard more. Prosperity does not trickle down in the real world.

Disclaimer: Progressive taxation is not just about revenue, it is about incentive. Higher taxes on the rich discourage excess hoarding and outlandish salaries.

[lilyflower3191981]

First, define "rich".

Second, Tax hikes on the rich are unjustified from a moral and a pragmatic perspective. It is unjust for the government to forcibly take money from one person to give to someone else in the name of “fairness.”

[LoveToRow]

When the poor start paying their fair share, we can talk about more taxes on "the rich."

[lilyflower3191981]

Dramatically cutting spending is the best way to reduce the federal deficit-- not forcing job creators to surrender more of their money to the federal government.

[Stephen1110]

Originally Posted by T-310

So you want to punish success. As do these so-called 52% BS.

So you advocate socialism.

Hint, the rich already pay the majority of the taxes while the poor pay none.

Actually, you are wrong.

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

You have taken one tax, income tax, out of the total tax burden. When it comes to state and local taxes, low and middle class taxpayers pay disproportionately more than the rich Do the wealthy pay lower taxes than the middle class?

When you look at the total tax burden and see what is paid as a percent of income it is apparent that a wage earner who earns $45,500 and pays 26.9% of that in tax is going to find it far more difficult to meet day to day expenses than a millionaire who has a total tax burden of 33.3% of a cash income of $1,542,000. Who Pays Taxes in America in 2014? | CTJReports

Also relevant to this discussion is how much of the money actually brought in by an individual is subject to taxation. The middle class do not have adequate income to use tax avoidance schemes and generally don't have a yacht that they can write off as a tax deduction so almost all of their income is subject to taxation unlike the ultra rich.

The corporate tax rate in the US is high, but it is not nearly as high when you calculate the allowable deductions, in fact it drops from #1 to about average. Does the U.S. have the highest corporate tax rate in the free world? | PunditFact

I'm not going to argue this to death because I don't think it is really relevant to the topic, but neither am I going to let your claims go unchallenged.