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Originally Posted by oLd-SouL";p="
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Originally Posted by Demosthenes";p="
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
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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.
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Sure, I'll take a stab. I am willing to admit that the lower classes benefit from social services but I also believe that the rich are also benefitting from these as well. There are many Gov't subsidies protecting the markets for rich American business owners (which I am not necessarily against). I would also say that the rich benefit from a having more direct acces tot the ones who represent them than the lower classes do. I know it's only a couple, but its 0200 in the morning right now and will try to come up with some more later.
-Demosthenes