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Originally Posted by somerfrost

I suspect the average person would not complain about paying income tax if they were among the top 1% of earners....oh me, I have to pay such a high rate of taxes that it's gonna take me forever to make my next billion! Really Dell, those poor rick cats!

yes. poor little rich people, we really should stop picking on them....

i remember when they said romney paid what...11-12% tax? i paid 25% effective rate.
yeah, that makes sense.
people clamor for a flat tax (probably because they haven't thought about it much or looked at what it meant) but those same people gripe at me when i say why should i pay a higher percentage? they invariably say 'but he paid a larger dollar amount'. yes, and ......? if a flat tax says romney should pay 25%, why do i get grief when i mention i pay that, and he pays half that?
ah, inconsistencies, gotta love them. i actually had that conversation most recently at the wellness center. ah, um, uh, you're just jealous of rich people is no explanation for why this is.
why this is, is that people who have money pay to get rules set to keep their money. i can't do that.

and just think, if the wages were corrected for everyone, how much more money would flow from all the non-rich who game the system...