03-02-2011, 04:00 AM
Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=DaveS]
I will only ask at what point do "poor" people need to contribute?
Why do "poor" (I don't know why you put it in quotes) people need to contribute? Most of the wealth is concentrated at the top, therefore, it makes sense that they pay most of the taxes. They would pay most of the taxes under almost any system. Even a flat tax.
You can increase the taxes on the poor, if that's what you want to do in the name of fairness, but what does that accomplish? It makes the poor poorer and more reliant on social programs. So you're sucking money from the people who have the least so you can give it back to them.
Sounds very inefficient to me.
Lux, you hit the nail on the head. I need someone to define "poor" or maybe at what point does one have enough money to begin paying federal taxes? And I do fully understand that there are other taxes.
Right now we are at the point that about 46% of our working/earning population pays no federal tax. So describe your 'poor' for me please.