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Old 07-12-2004, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Demosthenes";p=&quot View Post
Yes, b/c the top 20% of the populations posesses approx. 83% of this nations wealth. The bottom 20% posess about .4%. The top can afford the tax burden, the bottom can't. I posted the link to this data on another thread. You can look it up if you want to.

-Demosthenes
Fine, even if I buy your theory that the people at the top should pay more because they have more, I still don't understand the strong imbalance. The bottom 50% are still getting 12+ times the amount of services back than what they paid for. I don't buy that.

Anyone else want to take a stab?
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