I know that as a non-Republican I pay a heck of a lot of taxes, so I am confused they often come on here saying they pay all the taxes.
2006-10-12 08:55:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is called stereotyping. These people are trying to portray Liberals as shiftless and lazy.
Very old rhetoric, but if they have nothing positive to run on they bash the opposition.
2006-10-12 09:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Your confused alright. What was stated that 95% of all taxes were paid by the top 50% of the wage earners. The last 5% of all income taxes are paid by the other 50% of the people.
So yes, the rich pay a majority of the taxes in this country because they make the most money. You can research these facts in the IRS database at www.irs.gov. It has all of the info you need along with spreadsheets to support these statements.
2006-10-12 16:09:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The party that legislated the tax loopholes is likely to be the one that stood to benefit from those loopholes, and thus could well be the one whose members paid the lesser amount of taxes - and in addition, had the greater portion of those tax receipts funneled back to their friends and neighbors through lucrative contracts and pork barrel projects.
So who is getting screwed the most here? Do the math.
2006-10-12 16:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Grist 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are correct, all United States citizens pay taxes. Republicans just complain about it.
2006-10-12 16:11:11 · answer #4 · answered by Tommy D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't think that republicans think that they are the only ones paying taxes, but i think they vote the way they do in hopes of having lower taxes.
food for thought: right before ww2 france had a govermental system with 2 main parties that refused to get along. sound familuar?
2006-10-12 15:59:46 · answer #5 · answered by onlylove41 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you must have misread a republicans answer or question . republicans aren't the only ones , most of the rich are republicans so i would say the majority but have no source or knowledge of that . i can say republicans seem to be the only ones that care where tax money goes or how much their taxes are
2006-10-12 16:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Republicans whine about taxes even at the same time they say we should keep fighting a war that costs 8 billion dollars a month. So far their genius president has been putting the war on the country's credit card. I had a girlfriend who did that once and I kicked her *** out of my house. On election day is our chance to do the same.
2006-10-12 15:59:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If your paying over 35% of the total tax burden then you are within the top 1 % of wage earners, congratulations!
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/incometaxandtheirs/a/whopaysmost.htm
2006-10-12 16:00:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
it's not Republicans who pay more taxes, it's the rich who pay a higher amount. (Not all Republicans are rich)
BUT, it's the poor and middle class who really feel it, because they need all their money to get by.
2006-10-12 15:59:01 · answer #9 · answered by LifetimeLearner 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i have never heard a republican say that he/she pays all the taxes and you dont. lay of the cool aid. I already had 1 liberal friend die of an OD this month.
2006-10-12 15:58:41 · answer #10 · answered by SHIRAZ 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋