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Tax the Rich, Seriously?

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011



Translation of above image:
The Top 1% of wage earners (those earning over $380,354) pay 38% of all individual Federal Taxes.
The Top 5% of wage earners (those earning over $159,619) pay 59% of all individual Federal Taxes.
The Bottom 50% of wage earners (those earning under $33,048) pay only 3% of all individual Federal Taxes.


For historical perspective, back in 1986, the top 1% of earners reported 11% of all income and paid 26% of the income taxes; the lower-earning 50% made 17% of the income and paid 6% of the nation’s individual income tax bill.


Thanks to Kiplingers for the info.

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Taxes, Taxes, Taxes–Taxes For All

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Congratulations! We just passed April 9th! I’m sure you know what April 9th is, right?  If not, let me tell you:

Taxes amount to 27% of our income for the average American. January 1st to April 9th represents 27% of the year. So starting April 10th, the money you earn is the money you actually get to keep. That’s right, 99 days out of 365 days go to Uncle Sam. And just in time for April 15th—Tax Day!

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Coffin was Not Left on Carnahan’s Lawn

Friday, March 26th, 2010

You might have heard about the coffin that was left on Russ Carnahan’s home lawn after Tea Party members were there for a peaceful vigil lamenting the passage of the health care bill.  The coffin symbolized the death of Americans’ freedoms.

But why didn’t Carnahan’s office produce it?  Why not take photos?  Why not let the press see it before you removed it?

What did you say?  There actually was NO COFFIN LEFT ON THE LAWN?  Oh, got it.  You made it.

KTVI has all the info here (scroll down for the video).

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