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10/29/11(Sat)08:27:30 No.162456>>162342
The top 1% make up 40% of the tax revenue.
Including the top 5, that's 60%
The bottom group of earners actually get tax back.
Of
all the government funded programs and services, the only ones the top
5% benefit from are really Police, Fire, Roads, Military, Paramedics. A
lot of those public parks are actually owned and paid for by the
wealthy. Really, they don't benefit from every other service like common
people do so I don't see how it's an issue at this point.
The top
5% drive pretty well 1/3rd of the economy with their spending. When they
spend more is when the economy moves again, so you want to encourage
them to spend as much as possible. Normal people don't buy the fancy
cars and big houses, and these things require a lot of work to make, aka
jobs. Since the wealthy are also the big business owners, the amount of
capital they can afford to expand business is reduced when they're
taxed.
On education: Your education is paid by tax up to grade
12. You do not automatically deserve an education beyond that unless you
have outstanding grades with great potential, which is why scholarships
exist so your point is moot. |
