quote Originally posted by carnut122: I'll agree on dollar amount, but please post up your evidence that the very top pay a higher percentage than the middle class.

Dude, just look up the federal tax rate on income.

quote Originally posted by FieroBobo: Everyone in America should pay their fair share in taxes since we all derive the same benifits of being citizens of the United States of America. Even Warren Buffet says that it is unfair for him to pay a lower percentage in taxes than his secretary. ~ Bob ~

I think if you really check into what Mr. Buffett is really doing to NOT PAY HIS FAIR SHARE IN TAXES you may not use him as an example. See the link below.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com...n-buffett-and-taxes/

Get this: Uncle Sam is suing Warren Buffett’s company over taxes. Yes, taxes.

The United States government, in a little-followed case in Ohio, filed a lawsuit this month against a unit of Mr. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, seeking $366 million in taxes and penalties. The Berkshire division at the center of the suit is NetJets, the private-aircraft company that caters to the nation’s wealthiest — the people Mr. Buffett says should pay more in taxes.

It is an odd twist that a company controlled by Mr. Buffett — perhaps the most outspoken businessman in the country in support of raising taxes on the “mega-rich” — is now in a dispute with the government over his company’s paying too little in taxes.

Earl

quote Originally posted by dratts: OK, I won't say anything. Go ahead and fill in the unsaid part of what I didn't say. It's a wide open field just ripe for you to spout your agenda.

President Obama? Wow, so THIS is what you do all day; posting on Pennocks under the pseudonym or dratts.

Well it DOES explain a lot

quote Originally posted by fierobear: Dude, just look up the federal tax rate on income.

Dude, look at my question, not the point you want to argue. Let me help you narrow it down. It's the word "pay."

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quote Originally posted by Toddster: President Obama? Wow, so THIS is what you do all day; posting on Pennocks under the pseudonym or dratts. Well it DOES explain a lot

I always appreciate a sense of humor from those who I disagree with. I also think that a sense of humor is a sign of intelligence.