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I'm not attacking you, I'm talking about the truly rich who pay 1% or fewer tax, want more tax cuts, blame the poor for not working hard, want even more concessions made to them etc. BS like 'tax cuts for rich create jobs' is all too easily believed by most people even though there is no evidence for it.

Pew Research Fact Tank....

Govt. income sources

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Who pays

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Still, that analysis confirms that, after all federal taxes are factored in, the U.S. tax system as a whole is progressive. The top 0.1% of families pay the equivalent of 37.9% and the bottom 20% have negative tax rates (that is, they get more money back from the government in the form of refundable tax credits than they pay in taxes).

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In case you are not aware, there is no class mobility in this country anymore and the middle class is all but gone. We are all slaves working hard to feed wealth to the 1%.

The Economist...

Class in America

Mobility, measured

America is no less socially mobile than it was a generation ago

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