if the people in the rich western world would all pay 7% more taxes..then all the people in the world could?
341286
Not for long - the increased taxes would quickly slow the economy down and you'd either have to keep increasing taxes (screwing the economy), or cut the tax (defeating the purpose).
374616
I'll assume that by wealthy, you mean people earning above $95,000 and are therefore on the top tax rate of 47%. Therefore, everytime you give them a tax break (such as a deduction for donations), they will save $47 in tax for every $100. For the normal person who is on the 30% bracket, they will only save $30 in tax for every $100 they donate. Tax breaks for the wealthy tend to more beneficial because they are already paying a high amount of tax. Tax breaks for the normal person don't look so impressive, because they pay a lower rate.\n\nIt may be because these 'normal' tax breaks are so unimpressive that the government of the day knows that people don't care on election day about the 'sandwich and a milkshake' tax break.
100946
I am not an economist by any stretch.  But it seems to me that if the richest americans paid anywhere near as much as the government swears they pay into the u.s. treasurey,  Then they would contribute enough to save social secur
557494
you are getting some great answers here. yes did know that and though the richer people will get more money in their pockets the average person will get a greater percantage of it. facts are alot harder to argue  againtist.
25540
the theory is the more money people have that they aren't giving in taxes, the more they'll have to invest in the economy. but the tax laws are written in such a way that the rich are able to use loophole after loophole with the poor and middle class putting up the rest of the cash the rich would have normally paid.
411870
Sure I do. Income tax is usually geared to help the wealthy, the people in power. If government income was to come from sales tax alone, and on everything except food it would much more fair for the poor. The more you buy, the more taxes you pay, what could be more fair?
482826
LET 'EM. THEN THEY'D HAVE TO PAY TAXES JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER US CITIZEN.
286518
No we would be completely screwed, Taxes that are to high and to many government programs, But somebody has to pay for well fare, Ha
1152397
the rich as well as the poor all have the same out come: death.\nThere is none having the advantage.
291717
No\n\nIt should go by income brackets. Rich should pay more.
453872
Only if you're a millionaire. What makes the world go round is people and the actions that they take. Everyone somehow works off of everyone else. It's just the natural order of things, if you can call it that.
448524
I don't know if you can convince someone... it takes longer (and more money) to do something the right way... more money equals higher taxes... it seems like most people don't care about the "right way" to do things.. only the cheap way...\n\nI just hope the earth is more resilient than we think...
175464
No.  Because the graft and corruption that occurs in our form of government can't be irradicated, it would be worse because EVERYTHING would go to the governmet, taxes would go higher.\n\nThe Pilgrams almost starved because a socialist system called common course and condition.  The theory was that everyone bring it what they produce and everyone gets the same provisions, what they found was people were relying on others to do the work.  When they changed to a more market based society they paid the debt they had to the investors off in half the time
123660
The United States is still the world's superpower. Some call it a hyperpower, in fact. We're still wealthy, and the human development index is high. I'd say your best bet is to get a education and a skill. The taxpayer thing is due to the fact that our population is aging. it isn't that we won't have taxpayers, but that the taxpayers will be supporting a ballooning population of retirees. The same thing has and is happening in Europe, by the way. And at a much more advanced degree.
800067
even after those "tax cuts for the rich", the people classified as rich pay a much larger percentage of their earnings than the "unfortunates"(poor) and middle class.\n\nI posted something on this a while ago, i  believe the rich pay around 33 percent earnings where the middle class pay average of 22-27 percent,and the "less fortunates" pay 5-10 percent.  (these numbers are off memory, but I'm sure they are close)\n\nThat is AFTER those tax cuts.
764520
Have you been standing out in the free cheese line in the hot sun for too long?\n\nHey, believe it or not, the rich people DO pay lots of other people's taxes for them!  But it's the middle class that gets the short end of the stick.  The rest of your ramblings sound rather socialistic.  Are you insinuating liberals are emulating socialists?  I never, in a million years, would have thought THAT (pause for heavy sarcastic sigh).
925742
Income yes except for those that make poverty wages; wealth no, that would be like taxing someones income twice.