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Same tax code that favors seriously wealthy individuals and large corporations.
Middle class and true small business do not get the same out of the code.
I'm just not seeing that. Look at the average effective federal income tax rates here and explain to me exactly how the wealthy are favored. Their effective tax rate is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than that of the middle class (top 25-50%): Summary of Latest Federal Income Tax Data
Top 1%: 23.39% effective tax rate
Top 25-50%: 6.01% effective tax rate
Or you could do what republicans do and donate your own time and money to charities and the needy. You know, do something personally to help people instead of pawning the responsibility off onto government?
Oh BS. I know what Republicans donate. A day serving bad food at a homeless shelter, and whatever trinkets, old clothes, and crap they were going to throw away anyway.
Who are the abusers? Individuals? Children? Elderly? Poor? Wealthy? Large corporations?
How do you know the majority abuse?
Hey, I never said all! But that's the problem. I'm sure there are individuals on the right who would like to use the abuse as a justification to end safety nets altogether, and that's not the solution. Doing that will cause civil unrest. A good 50% of our population is on some type of assistance now. The "cuts" will come naturally when the system implodes. It's not sustainable. But as far as something being done politically, it's a safe bet that will never happen.
I'm just not seeing that. Look at the average effective federal income tax rates here and explain to me exactly how the wealthy are favored. Their effective tax rate is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than that of the middle class (top 25-50%): Summary of Latest Federal Income Tax Data
Top 1%: 23.39% effective tax rate
Top 25-50%: 6.01% effective tax rate
How does that favor the wealthy?
It doesn't. But the jealous people on this board think that a few anecdotes makes the rule.
Maybe it's because this is one monstrously large country, and not Andorra.
Even population growth does not support such a huge increase in spending. Government spending has grown from 7% of GDP to over 40% in the last century.
Oh BS. I know what Republicans donate. A day serving bad food at a homeless shelter, and whatever trinkets, old clothes, and crap they were going to throw away anyway.
But at least they give of their OWN time and resources. Dems think stealing from hard working tax payers is charity.
Oh BS. I know what Republicans donate. A day serving bad food at a homeless shelter, and whatever trinkets, old clothes, and crap they were going to throw away anyway.
Is it possible for you to put any LESS effort into an opinion? I am not guessing, it is a proven fact that conservatives give a greater percentage of their income to charities than liberals. Looking at the numbers (not personal opinions), households with a liberal head of house earn on average 6% more than households with a conservative head. Despite that fact, households with a conservative head give 30% more to charities than liberals.
Saritaschihuahua - the facts don't back up what you are saying. It is a proven fact that conservatives donate more of their personal income to those in need than liberals do. As a side note, what percentage of your personal salary do you give to charities every year?
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