http://www.al.com/opinion/inde..._p.html#incart_river
According to figures published by Pew Research organization, the so called "rich" as jt would refer to them accounted for about 2.5% of those who filed income taxes, yet they paid 48.9% of the total income taxes in the country. When you lower the threshold to the new Commander in Chief (Commander and Thief) to the new definition of "rich" at $130K per year you will see that group makes up about 10% of those who file but they pay over 70% of the income taxes taken in by the government. As I stood in line on Monday for 20 minutes to mail my tax returns and quarterly payments, it was not hard to be fuming mad by the time I got to the window with two employees working, another wandering aimlessly in the back and a fourth walking around trying to find her cell phone and calling it from the phone at the counter. I was utterly astounded at the efficiency they were working as were the other ten or twenty people in line waiting. It is not their fault however, since they work in a system which is attuned to taking as little action as possible yet continuing to take as much as they want from its constituents.
So to all of the liberals out there who insist that the poor are supporting this country, and the taxes are unevenly distributed I would like to say, get your head out into the daylight and look at the real numbers.