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Originally Posted by Roger
I believe if you look at the math, you will see that you are wrong when you say the poor and middle class would pay more proportionally.
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You believe wrong.
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Perhaps you would like to take a space here and explain how you calculated your conclusions.
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Neither the calculations or the conclusions are mine. You need to take it up with the Treasury Department and the Congressional Budget Office, as well as Professor Robert Hall and Professor Alvin Rabushka.
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If everyone is paying 20 cents on every dollar they earn, how can the so-called wealthy be paying less?
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Because the wealthy spend a tiny fraction of their income on necessities, while having large amounts of discretionary income, whereas the Middle-class spends far more, PROPORTIONALLY, of it’s income on necessities, while a fraction of their income is discretionary. The Working Poor spend practically ALL their income on necessities and have almost no discretionary income.
It’s Economics 101.
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