2000 hour wonders hired at Delta

[BoilerUP]

Top 1% paying 90% of taxes is a bit of a stretch...but that's not to say the top 1% doesn't pay a very disproportionate percentage of the federal tax burden under our current progressive tax system.

Top 1% of earners paid 40% of federal income taxes with the top 10% of earners paying 71%...and the bottom 50% of earners paid only 3% of federal income taxes.

 

[CessnaFan]

Pays as MUCH as the lower 90%,

not 90%. The top 1% matches what the lower 90% pays.

Top 1% paying 90% of taxes is a bit of a stretch...but that's not to say the top 1% doesn't pay a very disproportionate percentage of the federal tax burden under our current progressive tax system.

Top 1% of earners paid 40% of federal income taxes with the top 10% of earners paying 71%...and the bottom 50% of earners paid only 3% of federal income taxes.

 

[CessnaFan]

Actually, I do.

BUT, I'm open to being proven wrong....

Yes, I vote.

Do you honestly believe this? I hope you don't vote, not that it matters who's in office...it's all a shell game.

 

[jonjuan]

2000 hr pilots hired at Delta? Isnt that like electing a "community organizer" with no real experience to President of the soon to be former most powerful country in the world? just sayin.... GO UNIONS!

Obama was an F-16 pilot?

 

[BoilerUP]

not 90%. The top 1% matches what the lower 90% pays.

No, the top 1% of earners pay more federal income tax than what the lower 90% pays...did ya look at the link?

Sure its from the Heritage Foundation, but their data is derived from OMB & CBO statistics...

 

[CessnaFan]

Yikes! It's worse than I though.

Yes, I looked at it now. Thanks,

No, the top 1% of earners pay more federal income tax than what the lower 90% pays...did ya look at the link?

Sure its from the Heritage Foundation, but their data is derived from OMB & CBO statistics...

 

[HA25]

the top 1% of income earners pay as much tax as the lower 90%, that sure makes others happy!

Where do you get that false information? My sister is a member of that top 1% and I assure you they pay a LOT less than you think... the tax code is filled with places for wealth to hide... especially corporate wealth.

http://www.ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html

The middle class bares the brunt of the tax burden... those of us making under $200,000/yr

 

[BoilerUP]

disregard...FMS's link has the exact same data as my link in a previous post...

 

[HA25]

Do you honestly believe this? I hope you don't vote, not that it matters who's in office...it's all a shell game.

there's someone who gets it... It cracks me up when people take the side of one party as if they hold all the cards in their hands to solve the problems we have.. The "Republicrats" are the problem... we need to add AT LEAST 3 or 4 more political parties and get a far more representative system of the average man.. we need coalition governance, so that the ideas that the majority espouse can become law.

Otherwise I have to chose between a party who wants to continue the affirmative action garbage that leads to 2000 hour women taking jobs at DAL before 6000 hour men... OR the party that wants to take away any and all labor protection and return us to the industrial age again or make our labor market look more like China's..

 

[CessnaFan]

Just google it,

It's all over the place. Keep in mind that we're talking actual dollars paid in taxes.

The bottom 40% of the population pays 0% (or 0 dollars) in taxes! Take a good hard look at the rest of the numbers and then let me know if you feel the same way about middle class.

Good for her! But, uhm, have you actually seen your sisters tax return and do you have a complete picture of her financials?

Yes! Like investing in other companies, (BUYING stock) -

Depreciation of assets (but first you have to BUY something before it can be depreciated!)

Airline travel write-offs for business meetings (hopefully on an aircraft that you pilot!) But first you have to BUY something before you can make that trip

3 martini lunches that support not just the rest owner BUT all the illegals bussing tables, and this list goes on and on. The common denominator is that most tax write offs require that the person or company BUY something!

BUYING something is how the economy grows and how jobs are created. Without that single feature, I don't care if you're a lib or full conserv, nothing else matters because the economy is doomed.

Where do you get that false information? My sister is a member of that top 1% and I assure you they pay a LOT less than you think... the tax code is filled with places for wealth to hide... especially corporate wealth.

http://www.ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html

The middle class bares the brunt of the tax burden... those of us making under $200,000/yr