yes, he was only speaking of income, but how can you not include the tremendous tax burden put on middle income wage earners and gloss over it like its meaningless....
like many people, I am stunned to see how much SS and Medicare tax comes from my measly paycheck....
sure, the rich pay it too up to a certain extent....then again, you don't pay SS on stock earnings or business deals or bonuses.......
And for every dollar that comes out, your employer pays a matching amount FOR EVERY NOSE PICKIN' GOOBER THAT HE HIRES. You pay on one payroll account, he pays on all of them.