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Originally Posted by spence
Now that's just silly...
The rich do pay their fair share, but without a progressive system there would be no end workers (i.e. middle class) to create the value accumulation necessary to drive their ability to fund the tax base.
Put in more simple terms, the rich do indeed stand on the backs of the middle class.
In other words "trickle down" is a critical component to our system, but just as important is "trickle up"!
The problem isn't that the wealthy pay too much in taxes, it's just that the money is used so inefficiently the burden as a whole is greater on the entire population.
To me this has little to do with Democrat vs Republican, as I can name countless instances where neither party actually behaves like you might expect.
-spence
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Think maybe for once you could try to respect someones opinion without pronouncing it: Silly, Stupid, or idiotic?
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