The tax code in America produces a FLAT burden. They are ALL LYING

[jpljr77]

Anytime you hear a Grover Norquist wannabe, or a poorly-equipped Presidential candidate, talk about the tax burden "tolerated" by the 1%, remember that they are lying. Well, that's not fair: they are either lying or terribly misinformed.

The overall revenue burden (the money coming in to the Federal gov't) is essentially FLAT. Everyone pays a share roughly equal to what they make.

Need proof? The super-duper, ultra-lefty commie rag The Economist published this article over the summer: http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/07/taxes-and-rich-0

The biggest takeaway here is that when you hear a person claiming that 47% of Americans don't pay income tax, they are omitting payroll taxes from that number. Downstream, they are also omitting state and local taxes, sales tax, etc. But the important thing is the initial lie.

Link that article, and this accompanying image, to anyone who needs some truth:

[midnight]

1. K&R... How can the rich be tax burdened via multiply houses, cars, vacations, healthcare....

Have I left anything out?


And that crap about growing the economy via the rich getting to keep their money.... That one is getting just as annoying...

[d_r]

2. thank you for posting this

[librechik]

4. KICK the bums in the butt

with facts