Quote Originally Posted by khronik
Also, did you know that 87% of statistics are made up on the spot? Anyway, the top 5% pays about 58% of the income tax, so you're not even close. Keep in mind, I got this from a very conservative source:

Hoover Institution - Facts on Policy - Income Tax Distribution
Ouch! Don't know where I got that? But you are spot on thank you for correcting me. In my mind I was visualizing a pie chart I had seen, must have not remembered it correctly.


The top 1% pay over a third, 34.27% of all income taxes.
The top 5% pay 54.36% of all income taxes .

The top 1% earns 16.77% of all income The top 5% earns 31.18% of all the income
So the question remains, are you telling me that these people are not paying their fair share, and that they need to pay more? Really?
Proportionally the top 10% of income earners pay WAY FUCKING MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE. That was my original point. And Obama is going to make them PAY MORE! Really!
So the top 5% earns roughly 1/3 of all income, and pay over 1/2 of all income taxes and that's not enough? While the bottom 50% earns roughly 15% of all income and pay about 3% of all income taxes? Whose not paying their fair share here?
Again thanks for bringing my error to attention so I have the chance to go back and get more detailed info!
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