“Fair share” is a totally subjective term, and since the left controls the discussion (by virtue of their useful idiots in the media) they believe they have won the debate.
The liberals have managed to make the discussion about “fair share of taxes paid” totally and completely about the percentage amount paid. But, to my mind, there is another aspect to be considered—the dollar amount paid.
Last year, Mitt Romney paid over 3 million dollars in taxes. If the average middle-class Joe pays ten thousand in taxes per year, that means that Romney paid as much as three hundred average people combined. Is that fair?
The bottom half of American workers pay virtually no income taxes at all. Romney’s team should create a chart that depicts the number of workers whose combined tax payments equal the 3 million he paid last year. When it shows that he paid as much as the lowest-paying 10 or 20 or 50 million taxpayers (however that number works out) COMBINED, I believe he can turn the issue on its head.