Folks, when you are confronted with this type of trap question, turn the argument against the person posing the question.
Ask one or both of the following:
1) So what is the right percentage that the rich should pay? 25%? 30% 50? Get the person asking the question to state a specific percentage. Whatever their answer is, compare that to 35% ... Yes, one dollar out of every three made goes to the government.
2) So the top 5% of income earners ... what percentage of the tax burden should they have to pay? What is their fair share of the total tax bill 20%, 30%, 40%? The “rich” already pay for 57% of the federal tax burden
Obama says he wants to live in a “fair society” well, what’s fair about 45% of the households in America not shouldering any of the tax burden and 5% shouldering 57% of the burden? It’s not a matter of how much anyone earns, but everyone sharing in the cost of the federal government. Maybe if they shared in the burden there would be more outrage at the things government is spending their money on.