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But, the "new" ideal is to hate the rich people. They have it, you don't..so they should pay for everything. That is now the thing that America does best.
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I also think that the entire system is screwed up beyond recovery. Income tax is a joke...considering some 41% of the population pays nothing.
So thinking that rich people should pay for everything is hating rich people. But the fact that 41% of the population pays nothing indicates the system is broken. Isn't is possible that maybe the rich people should be paying for everything? If the richest 5%[1] are already paying 95% of the taxes, you could raise their rates by 5.26% and completely eliminate taxes on the other 95% of the population. And the people who got money back would be much more likely to immediately spend it, meaning higher velocity of money in the economy.
[1] Rectal estimation[2]
[2] AKA pulling numbers out of my ass