Quote Originally Posted by Govinda View Post
Yes, because I tire of ignorance in much the same way that you do.
I tire of it and act upon it in the opposite, contrasting way -- not by contributing to it. Still, I don't come in, bitch for a few lines, and take off, especially not in ID where it violates the rules.

Yes. This is the first of many.

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Missing $1,000,000 Tax Bracket
Ah. Point conceded -- at one point, the top tax bracket (NOT the top 1%, but the top tax bracket) had a nearly 90% tax.

Well, this one states that, in 2006 at least, all of America's 400 richest people were billionaires.

The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com
And since when is the top 5% of American wage earners made up of 400 people? The U.S. Census Bureau places the U.S. population at 304,059,724 in June of 2008. The top 400 would be the top 0.00013155%. That's about 1/7600th of a percent.

And here - "Including all tax returns that had a positive AGI [adjusted gross income], taxpayers with an AGI of $153,542 or more in 2006 constituted the nation's top 5 percent of earners.
And how much of it did they take home? If they made $160k, they'd be taxed at 33% -- which means they'd keep $107,200 after federal income taxes -- not state income taxes, not Social Security, not Medicare. SS and Medicare total close to 8%. And some state income tax rates are above 9%. Quick -- what's 33+8+9? It means that somebody making $160,000 a year might take home half of that, which would be eighty grand.

Also, it's not stealing if you're ok with the money being taken.
And if you're not? Or if it's taken by force or threat of force (which taxes are)?

...yeah I can format
Congrats. Me too. But I guess I'm wrong because I do it differently.