[Williams]

1 I have no desire for the wealthy to take their money out of the private economy and give it to the government.

2 Just wondering, can the poor be taxed “fairly”? It astounds me we talk about paying a fair share when 50% pay nothing.

[Iron Munro]

Just wondering, can the poor be taxed “fairly”?
It astounds me we talk about paying a fair share when 50% pay nothing.

[Graybeard58]

2 Just wondering, can the poor be taxed “fairly”? It astounds me we talk about paying a fair share when 50% pay nothing.

It's worse than that, when you consider that many who pay zero taxes also get "refunds".

[KDD]

The “50% pay nothing” is only true if you don,t factor in F.I.C.A. which only lower income payroll employees pay.(believe me employers pass their share off to the employee one way or another) Though the F.I.C.A. is used to(supposedly)fund retirement we all know that the fund has been and continues to be raided by politicians on both sides to make up for shortfalls in the General Fund. Those 50% numbers exclude the FICA tax though it is true that the income tax is a less progressive tax then the payroll tax. Any cuts to social security should start with means testing. Perhaps no one should be able to receive 90,000 dollars a year or more income from capital gains and still be able draw full social security medicare benefits.