In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning
You don't have to read the whole thing if you don't want to. The first few paragraphs are sufficient to give you the gist of it.
Thanks, but I'm not registering with the New York Times for free access to the story.
Besides, the first sentence gives you more than enough of the gist: "The rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay."
You first, Ben.
Sounds like what a lot of us Stein fans thought was a blip two years ago was actually a leading indicator.
Among other counterpoints to Stein, Social Security and Medicare are not just taxes but also pension type benefit and welfare systems and hence distinct from general taxation.