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  1. Simply put,
    since the 80’s, the so-called “rich” have paid a steadily
    increasing percentage of the nation’s tax revenues. The
    trend has been relentless and it has been material. For
    example, considering the taxes paid by the top 1% of the
    nation’s wage earners and that paid by the other 95%,
    the trend is clear.

    In 1980… and we are rounding here for the sake of
    clarity… the top 1% of the nation’s top income earners
    paid in approximately 19% of the total tax revenues into
    Washington D.C. while those in the 95% “bracket” paid
    in approximately 62%. By 1990, the top 1% were paying
    in approximately 22%; while the 95%’ers were paying in
    55%. By the turn of the century, the top 1%… those who
    are accused of not paying their fair share… were paying
    in approximately 37% of the total tax revenues paid into
    Washington with the 95% were paying in 44%. Can you
    see the trend here? For the 1%, their share of the total
    taxes paid was rising steadily; for the other 95% it was
    falling… just as steadily.

    By ’08, the top 1% were paying in approximately 39% of
    the total taxes; the 95% group was paying in
    approximately 40%. We will give the Left one point
    however: for two years… ’06 and ’07… the top 1%
    actually did pay in more than the 95% did, and in ’08 that
    shifted every so modestly.

    Comments. BHS??????????

  2. By BoerumHillScott on May 13, 2011 12:46 PM

    I also feel that their zero tax increase position is not logical, based on past tax rates and current rates in other countries

    Well, US corporate rates are exceeded ONLY by those in Japan, no other country.

    And wait for my next post…….

  3. Republicans are for the corporations!
    They just want to take from the poor and elderly,
    no heart at all.

    [Just trying out the OT from the other side. Nice seats here. …hey, you guys have separate his and hers bathrooms here! And a jacuzzi. What the f…]

  4. By cobblehiller on May 13, 2011 12:44 PM

    Yeah, that’s right, DIBS! But two going on three wars are ok!

    There you go again. How about the current administration, YES, CURRENT administration do something about what seems to be under their control since Jan 2009.

    But please, feel free to continue to blame everything on Bush going well into 2015.

  5. Until the Republicans at least acknowledge the enormous increases in defense spending over the last decade, I refuse to take their cost-cutting talk seriously.

    I also feel that their zero tax increase position is not logical, based on past tax rates and current rates in other countries.

    On the other hand, the Democrats have even less budget credibility in my book.

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