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The rich pay majority of U.S. income taxes
CNNMoney ^ | March 13, 2013 | Steve Hargreaves

Posted on 03/13/2013 6:38:44 PM PDT by Pharmboy

Edited on 03/14/2013 5:22:08 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Put down your pitchforks. The wealthiest 10% pay a big majority of federal income taxes. Pick up your pitchforks. The story is more complicated than that.

Many people think that the rich are able to weasel their way out of taxes, but they actually pay an overwhelming majority of the taxes in the United States. What's more, their share of the tax burden is increasing.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: fairshare; taxes
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Latest numbers...from 2010.
1 posted on 03/13/2013 6:38:44 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy

Only in America can the top 10% who pay 70% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their fair share by people who pay nothing....


2 posted on 03/13/2013 6:42:16 PM PDT by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
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To: Pharmboy

The chart exposes the current DummyRat lie.


3 posted on 03/13/2013 6:42:57 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat; Tzimisce

Yes...the chart is quite an eye-opener; and TZ-—you really cannot make this stuff up.


4 posted on 03/13/2013 6:47:28 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Tzimisce

The federal income tax is just another failed government program. Time to get rid of it. No fooling around at the margins either.


5 posted on 03/13/2013 7:17:04 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Pharmboy

Flat tax rate. No deductions. No exemptions.

The “rich” would always pay more, because 10% of 100K is always going to be more than 10% of 10K.
The “poor” would start to learn that votes matter.
And that government does not provide anything for “free”.

But we would all have an equal appreciation of the role of government, and the price we all pay daily for it.

We would all be better off, as individuals.


6 posted on 03/13/2013 7:22:14 PM PDT by sarasmom (The obvious takes longer to discover for the obtuse.)
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To: Pharmboy

I’m not rich, not even in the top 10%, but I do OK. I’m filling out my taxes now and I can already see that I am paying a HUGE amount of money to a worthless corrupt government. And despite 0bama’s lies, I am paying A LOT more this year than last year.


7 posted on 03/13/2013 7:37:12 PM PDT by henkster (I have one more cow than my neighbor. I am a kulak.)
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To: Pharmboy
2010..so, these numbers are higher today?
8 posted on 03/13/2013 7:53:24 PM PDT by stylin19a (obama - Fredo smart)
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To: Pharmboy

The graph I want to see is the one that shows the percentage of total (reported) income that the top 10% earns, compared to their percentage of total income taxes paid each year. Are the “rich” paying more or less tax compered to their income.


9 posted on 03/13/2013 8:05:26 PM PDT by gatechie
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To: Pharmboy

Looks like the “rich” are paying less of the burden under Obama than they did under Bush. That might make a liberal’s empty head explode, but it would still be Bush’s fault.


10 posted on 03/13/2013 8:15:04 PM PDT by cdcdawg
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seems fair to me considering most of them didn’t earn that money, stole it thru unfair business practices or taking advantage of employees, are giving massive kickbacks and under the table deals to scum politicians in DC that got us into this mess, and as we saw in 08 will do whatever they need to preserve and increase their wealth at the expense of others (screwing regular joe stockholders/accepting gov. bailouts). So yeah, here is a conservative who says “tax the wealthy”.


11 posted on 03/13/2013 8:18:07 PM PDT by Deathtomarxists (qucker fivepenny nine and two leaves down the plug bucket)
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To: Pharmboy

And under the hated Bush tax cuts the rich ended up paying a greater percentage of all taxes than before - more than their fair share.........


12 posted on 03/13/2013 8:46:36 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Pharmboy.


13 posted on 03/13/2013 8:46:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: gatechie
This should help.
14 posted on 03/13/2013 8:58:38 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Deathtomarxists

Sounds to me that you got lost and wandered over here from somewhere else. I’ve never heard anyone who was a conservative sound like a communist. Help me out: do Stalinists have a problem with Leninists, or vice versa? And do Trotskyites hate Marxists?


15 posted on 03/13/2013 9:02:24 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: stylin19a

well, I’ll bet they jump in 2013; 2012 is probably about the same.


16 posted on 03/13/2013 9:03:39 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Deathtomarxists

You’re not a conservative. Just another class warrior, who thinks anybody who’s ever made money must be a crook.


17 posted on 03/13/2013 9:08:49 PM PDT by mindburglar (It must be noon, because I'm drunk somewhere.)
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To: Pharmboy

Yet, few will pay attention to it.


18 posted on 03/13/2013 9:59:15 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I refuse to specify whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: Pharmboy

One of the reasons I hoped for Herman Cain’s success was to get away from the demagoguery of the income/payroll tax debate.
The fact is that individual income taxes were not even half the federal taxes collected in 2010.

$898.5 billion collected in individual income taxes
$864.8 billion collected in payroll taxes
$191.4 billion in corporate income taxes
$141 billion in other taxes
$66.9 billion in excise taxes


19 posted on 03/13/2013 10:10:53 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: sarasmom
Flat tax rate. No deductions. No exemptions.

Already exists, we just call them payroll taxes. For the vast majority that don't make over $100K annually they are flat with no deductions and no exemptions.

Conservatives shouldn't ignore this.

20 posted on 03/13/2013 10:13:13 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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