I don't mind paying taxes when they're used for schools and roads and healthcare and, hell, even welfare. I mind paying taxes when they're used to fund wars.
America should look into to tax exemptions of the wealthy. I once had a boss that wrote off all her horses, stables, groomers, etc. expenses for her dressage hobby because she called it a farm business. If you incorporate your hobbies, they are total write offs
If billionaires can buy $ 100k watches, Supreme Court Judges, space flights. They can afford the social responsibility of taxes.But not in charge of cost reductions.
In the us the rich pay 75% of all us income tax. the rich also pay the highest percentage of income tax. Bottom 50% earners pay 2.3% of the total income tax.
If the rich really don't like paying tax, why don't they all sod off to places where they don't pay tax and let everyone else continue to pay taxes, in return for the benefits and services they provide.
The wealthy pay the VAST majority of taxes in this country… Top 5% of earners pay 70% of all federal income taxes. The poor are exempt from federal taxes.
No one should be above paying taxes in the system in its current state. However keep in mind the top 10% of earners payed 73.7% of all federal income taxes in 2020 and they already pay a higher rate than any other group.
Agree so much!! My tax dollars should benefit me as well as the rest of the country not just the rich!! I swear oligarchs are playing a game of risk on the backs of the middle class!!! All we need to do is stand up and the game is over!!!
Then don’t. Change your tax designation status to the most minimal that your employer can take out. See how it goes come April 15, 2026. Power of the purse. 👛
I do not appreciate when they say entitlement, that's not what it is, I paid into this almost 60 years. That's my money, with a poor return on investment, less than 2.5 percent.
Rich pay taxes they are legally required. If you don't like the tax the pay, talk to congress, dont bitch about it what you consider witty signs. Obamas first term, democrats had majority in house and senate and same in Bidens first though 3 senators were independents but you know how the voted
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The rich want the benefit of the social contract but not the responsibility. Eventually they will tire folks and ruin them to the point then have nothing to loose. That’s what spawns revolutions
That and if those taxes even go to the right places and not lining some fat cat’s purse. Taxes are supposed to fund things such as public education, medical aid, and infrastructure; not some loser’s new Rolls Royce or golf course.
As reported by the New Yorker:
The top 1% pay 24.1% of taxes.
The next 4% pay 16.3% of taxes.
So, the top 5% are paying 40% of taxes.
The next 15% pay 26.1% of taxes.
The next 20% pay 17.0% of taxes.
So, the top 40% are paying 83% of taxes.
This make me question statements “… when the rich won’t?
They should build their own sports venues and stop getting the tax payer to pay for them too. Sports is big business now and they shouldn't be taking tax dollars when they are sustainable anyway.
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They’re all tripping on their bathrooms identities,
I’d be worried about who was going to clean them when they deport Ten Million Mexicans? #RedOnlyToilets
Agree. The rich such as Jeremy Clarkson, currently bleating about paying inheritance tax on farms is typical of the breed. We all pay inheritance tax why not farmers? I'm sure his best mate David Cameron supports him 100%. The gravy train is coming to an overdue end, and I cannot wait!
Clarkson, like most millionaires and billionaires who own huge acres of farmland don’t use it to farm but to hunt!
Time for these parasites to start paying towards the Services they use.
Precisely!! I said the same thing when my health insurance costs increased and was told by a relative it was because of Obama are. If a few extra dollars out of my pocket means those less fortunate benefit, I'm all for it.
Isn’t that earned income? Pretty sure the wealthy get most of their income elsewhere. Also note that this misleading chart is from heritage . org — supporters of Project 2025 so clearly not an unbiased source and meant to mislead.
Saying they are supporters of 2025 doesn't mean it isn't accurate data. If they get income from other sources it doesn't affect the data because it is represented in the chart.
Is this the amount actually paid or just how much they should be taxed based on the tax bracket and ignoring all other nuances in the tax system. Like deductibles and such.
Nice chart conveniently produced by Heritage. It's cool... we know that in reality, when the US was at It's strongest the tax rate % was much higher so... the poor little 1% will probably be ok.
Great! We would obviously have to change these numbers to today's equivalent. $400,000 in 1950 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $5,239,236.51 now. I would personally suggest lower rates for those low income people to be able to survive/ build. Fewer write offs & loopholes for the rich too!
Make it a 3 axis chart and show number of people in each bucket. Then you'll see a story. But thanks for yet another over simplified and misleading chart Heritage.
TCJA and the renewal of the 2017 contract was not accounted for in the Heritage dreams and wish list..try again! or better yet X would be more excited in your lies and bullshit!
That is too much work for me. I'm happy to change my opinion given facts that prove otherwise. What I see is data that doesn't support the meme. If I thought the meme was true I would agree with it. I'm open to facts that don't support my opinion but no one is showing them.
If it is "too much work" to Google statistics and you want to be spoon fed colorful memes, the propagandists will ALWAYS set your world view for you. 🤷🏼♀️
FIRST OF ALL, THE RICH AVOID RECEIVING AN INCOME, THUS THEY AVOID INCOME TAXES. THEY PREFER AND SEEK STOCK AND OTHER NON-INCOME PAYMENTS WITH MUCH LOWER TAX RATES AND/OR THEY BORROW MONEY CHEAPLY AGAINST THEIR STOCK HOLDINGS FOR CASH FLOW AND LIVING EXPENSES (ALL DESIGNED TO AVOID PAYING ANY TAXES!
Stop yelling at me! You are correct in all of that. There are plenty of tax loopholes not mentioned too. However, they are still paying the majority of taxes though.
FIRST OF ALL, THE RICH AVOID RECEIVING AN INCOME, THUS THEY AVOID INCOME TAXES. THEY PREFER AND SEEK STOCK AND OTHER NON-INCOME PAYMENTS WITH MUCH LOWER TAX RATES AND/OR THEY BORROW MONEY CHEAPLY AGAINST THEIR STOCK HOLDINGS FOR CASH FLOW AND LIVING EXPENSES (ALL DESIGNED TO AVOID PAYING ANY TAXES!
I’ve never complained about taxes. It’s a give and take policy. It’s just that Oligarchs take more than they give. I’m still waiting on Regan’s trickle down economics. Trump loves Regan. Why? Because he doubles down on the trickle down policies Regan installed. The difference? Regan was a movie star
with Presidential/Statesman status. In contrast, Trump is a “when you’re famous, “you can do anything” kinda fellow. He lacks Reagan’s* Presidential/Statesman status in leaps and bounds. 🤦🏼♀️
Trumpanzees...They're a walking, talking, contradiction. Trump had them do mixed up inside their own heads, it's incredible. That's what cult leaders know how to do to weak minded, uneducated sub humans. It's textbook, so ban books! 🙄 there's no fix for stupid 🤷♀️
America has serious problems. If people don't admit and fix it instead of blindly defending their system and culture, they'll be the ones who'd pay for it.
Exactly. That’s why many Republicans voted for Trump. They don’t care about other policies, they just want to keep their tax break and get a bigger one. That may have been the real reason Harris lost, the promise of making the rich pay their fair share. That’s the 1% plus the upper middle class.
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https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2024/
Poor (or rich) Trumpers don't understand a lot of taxation, tariffs, etc.
Pretty sure all of us feel the same way!
Not For Droning Hospitals In Other Countries.
It's not right or just
It's simply how things have worked since "og" hit "crog" over the head for a bigger piece of Dino steak
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2024/
The top 1% pay 24.1% of taxes.
The next 4% pay 16.3% of taxes.
So, the top 5% are paying 40% of taxes.
The next 15% pay 26.1% of taxes.
The next 20% pay 17.0% of taxes.
So, the top 40% are paying 83% of taxes.
This make me question statements “… when the rich won’t?
They’re all tripping on their bathrooms identities,
I’d be worried about who was going to clean them when they deport Ten Million Mexicans? #RedOnlyToilets
Time for these parasites to start paying towards the Services they use.
Taxes and interest rates tied to a credit score are a scam
Middle class is turning into the working poor
e.g. Trump payed 0$ in taxes in 2020 which makes this chart quite misleading. It’s probable many others do the same.
Thus the meme about rich not paying taxes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax
The bottom 50% of earners pay 2.34% of federal taxes.
Until it’s proposed in their neighbourhood 😊
they get bigger and bigger every year yet we still have the same problems but are in debt
I believe that only a sub human would vote for a dictatorship. 👍