Nick Hanauer - Job Creator Myth

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Well, if those are the numbers than so be it and I stand corrected. However, the data skewed and not really representative of the 1% we speak of. We should be talking about the .025% really or even lesser. We are talking about guys banking millions yearly, not guys with a 350k salary. A salary of 350k puts you into the top 1% bracket.

When you look at it, they are lumping Romney who's pulling in 22 million income and lumping him in the same tax bracket as the guy making 350k. Not even remotely close and it's those other people that are pulling the true numbers down to make it look like they are paying 24%. They aren't. Romney and Buffet are prime examples of those guys NOT paying 24% tax rate, and I assure you those other guys making that type of coin aren't either.

People don't have issues with the man making 350k. They DO have issues with the man making millions (and billions) and not paying a fair tax %. Romney and Buffet (and many others) should be paying a LOT more.

So the top 1% pay around 40% of all the federal taxes but you say that they are not paying a fair amount. What's fair? 60% of all federal taxes? The problem I have with your arguement is that you say they are not paying their fair share when the number show they are paying plenty in taxes. It would sound better if the left would say I know the top 1% allready pay a large % of the federal taxes but I feel they can afford to pay more but that deos not sell well with the the left. It has to be made into a class issue to sell the packeage top the non tax paying voters.