re: #157 Targetpractice

The goalposts seem to be moving fast these days. The wingnuts I’ve been chatting with seem to have gone back to their default on taxes in the wake of Romney’s statements about the rates he pays, pushing the ol’ “The rich pay all the taxes!” without acknowledging that they do so in raw dollar amounts. That the reality is closer to them paying a smaller percentage of their total income annually than their secretaries. Yet if their secretary is paid so little that she actually pays nothing in income taxes, she’s a “freeloader” who’s dragging the country down.

Remind them when they say “the top 10% pay 70% of the taxes in this country” remind them that it is estimated that the top 10% also own 85 - 89% of the wealth in this country. Ask them why they aren’t paying their fair share. That 15 - 19% of taxes on that wealth comes from somewhere other than the top 10%’s wealth. Wonder where it comes from? Must be from those freeloaders htat get hit with taxes the 10% have been able to avoid because they can buy law makers to create loopholes that they can reach but the lowlifes have to buck up to cover. Like paying for Rmoney’s horse to the tune of $77,000 in tax breaks a year.