Posted on 07/05/2012 8:10:52 PM PDT by justlurking
You can go to the source, which is linked at the top of the article. Or, you can just print this webpage and generate a PDF.
If you don't already have that capability, here's a printer driver that creates PDFs:
http://cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Once installed, you'll have a new printer device. When you print to it from any application, it prompts you for a filename to save the PDF.
There are undoubtedly a number of people across all income levels that game the system to pay less income taxes than they are obligated to pay.
But, the data shows that as a group, the "rich" (however you define it) is paying a significant percentage of the US federal income taxes. There's no evidence they aren't paying their "fair share", even after the 2003 tax cuts.
Sorry. I'll correct that by simply ignoring you entirely.
So these graphs show how much the government steals from you it’s slaves.
Well, it’s apparently the direct federal portion anyway. Doesn’t include state and local taxes, sales taxes, or social security. It also doesn’t include the money you end up paying as a portion of the products you buy that are directly related to federal rules, policies, procedures or guidelines. When you add it all together, it’s amazing we have any money left at all.
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I think this is why we make a tad more money than we used to back in the 90’s, but we just have less. I see hoochy-mamas in the stores dressed FAR better than I, wearing the designer bags and the expensive heels ... and I’m dressed in clothes from 20 seasons ago. After dealing with the high cost of a mortgage, college tuition (for which WE get no breaks), and then taxes, we have very little left over for discretionary spending — compared to THOSE who pay NO taxes.
We’re truly becoming tax slaves, in every sense of the word.
I did a quick look for articles that cited this data, and it's spread all over last year. So, I'm not sure exactly when the new data was released.
On the IRS website, the Excel workbook that was used to generate this graph was last modified on 2011-10-03. But, it doesn't have that particular detail.
You apparently have an odd definition of “failed”. It has clearly not failed since it raises enormous revenues for the government year in and year out. How is it a failure of the tax scheme that the Congress spends money even faster than the tax brings in? It is precisely because it has NOT failed that so many object to it, particularly the inability to escape the taxing authorities.
Ideology and rhetoric aside there is no real alternative to an income tax if any significant military actions are contemplated. Military spending simply overwhelm any other form of taxation.
Given that this nation has become more of a democracy than a republic and that the poor/dissatisfied are always more numerous than the wealthy/satisfied the bias of the electorate is towards socialism. Add the emancipation of women into the equation and that bias becomes very difficult to counter. Our government has evolved from the Founders’ view as a result of what our People have wanted. While it may be realizing that it is NOT want it wanted any change will take decades.
There is a 35% sink of ignorance, apathy and evil which remains committed to this nation going on the wrong path. This is where the class warfare is most popular and effective. But it has been there in national politics since Jefferson declared war on the “banks”. It has been a force in every election since 1800.
And for completeness, there's one for all federal taxes (Social Security, Medicare, excise, corporate income, individual income):
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