Reply #42: You're peddling Limbaugh's bullshit

[MajorChode]

The "share" of taxes that the top 1% pay is completely meaningless in terms of fairness. In terms of fairness, the only thing that matters is what percentage of each individual's income is paid in taxes. Everything else is complete and utter bullshit.

The link you provided is very duplicitous because it doesn't include FICA which IS federal income tax. It's the same bullshit numbers game Limbaugh likes to play. Limbaugh will only tell you about non-FICA federal income taxes because with very few exceptions it's the only tax in America that's progressive(and even that's not entirely true). If you look at total tax burden like FICA, state tax, fuel tax, utility tax, sales tax, vehicle tax, property tax, and dozens of other taxes that are regressive, it's pretty easy to find examples of people who make less than the average wage in America, yet pay a higher percentage of their income to taxes than the richest Americans.