07-11-2008, 01:16 PM
Fistor Wrote:kaboobie92 Wrote:"this plan would increase the tax burden of top earners by an additional $40 billion in 2009 alone and more than $629 billion over the next ten years. By itself, the $40 billion tax hike is twice as much as all the federal taxes paid by people in the bottom quintile combined."
That was pulled straight out of the article
And?
Is $40 billion more too much for the rich to pay in taxes? What do they pay now? Is it at all comparable to what the middle class pays? Or does this even the playing field a bit?
Are you saying taxing the rich is a bad thing?
$40 Billion? uh yes. Last time I checked that is a large sum of money, but what do I know anyways. And the rich pay a lot more than the middle class right now. I've compared the taxes my dad pays to the taxes of some of my friends' parents and it is a lot higher. And even the playing field? Its not fair to put heavier taxes on the rich because they make more. I can see if it is an even percentage of your income across the board, but when Obama wants a higher percentage for the rich, and lower for each class that is wrong. This is SOCIALISM. He is trying to eliminate the classes in our society.