re: #289 cliffster

Look, you have X, which is the total amount of scratch brought in by the federal government in the form of taxes. The highest income earners pay an overwhelming percentage of X. How much more clear can I make it that I am referring to percentage of federal tax revenue, not a percentage of your own income?

Oh, okay.

So why is that an important figure, though? No matter what the tax rate is, that is always going to be true, whether it’s a flat tax or a progressive tax. Only a regressive tax would make that untrue.

So I’m just at a total loss as to what your point: Yes, someone who pays a million dollars in taxes pays more than someone who pays ten dollars in taxes. You’re simply stating a truism.

If anything, that shows how great the income and wealth disparity in this country has gotten.

So what were you attempting to prove by that?