Originally Posted by
jungle
Nobody is saying they are paying nothing, the fact is that redistribution is called that for a reason. Why can't we all pay the same rate? Why are half of us taxed at one level and not the other.
The truth is that there is a near 50/50 split at the political level and the tax system is the primary cause. If I didn't have to pay Federal taxes, why would I care what they were or if they increased to unbearable levels?
You know the answer.
Are you really trying to say the 50/50 split is due to those that pay tax and those that don't? Cause if so, you are seriously underestimating the amount of New England suburbanite liberals in the top 50, and definitely leaving out some white Southern Baptist conservatives that live in single wides and are firmly in the bottom 50. Check again, sir - the highest incomes are in the blue states, and redistribution is mostly from the blue states to the red states.