Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
In 2022 the top 1% of income earners paid just over 40% of all federal income taxes. The top 10% paid 72%, the top 50% paid 97% and the bottom 50% paid 3% of all federal income taxes. Which group do you think is not paying their fair share?
Wouldn't it make sense that the top 1% is paying a larger percent since they are earning more money and the taxes are coming from that? If the bottom 50% is making a small percent of what the top 1% earn, then wouldn't their taxes be a much smaller number, so that this is a result of how much money the person was taking in, and then paying out in taxes?

In other words, you can't get blood from a stone; if you are earning 25000 a year, you are not going to be making much of a contribution in terms of taxes. How would someone at this bottom 50% come up with the money to pay a higher percentage of the taxes?