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**Jeffery** · 07-26-2011, 08:05 PM

Again last night we heard more about fairness and sharing. It seems that many who scream the most about sharing don't have much to share.

Who should get to decide what is "fair"?

We've all seen the #s as to who pays what in US taxes.
The top 1% of earners, make about 20% of the income but pay 40% of the taxes
The top 10% pay about 70% of all taxes
And the bottom 50% pay zero - some actually make money off of the system.

Is this fair?

Taxing the top 1% or even 5% sounds good to the masses but won't solve our debt problem. Obama knows this but would rather play the same old political sh!t that has been played for years and play the class warfare card. The same goes for the corpporate jet deduction that keeps coming up (BTW allowed by Obama's own stimulus plan) eliminating it would do almost nothing to reduce the national debt.

You want to pay more to help out the government? Go ahead. Here's how.

Send your check to:

Department G
P.O. Box 2188
Parkersburg, West Virginia
26106-2188

Be sure to include a note in the memo section of your check that the money is intended for the national debt.

Show me you cancelled check and then come back and ask others to be more "fair".

07-26-2011, 08:05 PM	#1
Jeffery Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	Pay Your Fair Share Again last night we heard more about fairness and sharing. It seems that many who scream the most about sharing don't have much to share. Who should get to decide what is "fair"? We've all seen the #s as to who pays what in US taxes. The top 1% of earners, make about 20% of the income but pay 40% of the taxes The top 10% pay about 70% of all taxes And the bottom 50% pay zero - some actually make money off of the system. Is this fair? Taxing the top 1% or even 5% sounds good to the masses but won't solve our debt problem. Obama knows this but would rather play the same old political sh!t that has been played for years and play the class warfare card. The same goes for the corpporate jet deduction that keeps coming up (BTW allowed by Obama's own stimulus plan) eliminating it would do almost nothing to reduce the national debt. You want to pay more to help out the government? Go ahead. Here's how. Send your check to: Department G P.O. Box 2188 Parkersburg, West Virginia 26106-2188 Be sure to include a note in the memo section of your check that the money is intended for the national debt. Show me you cancelled check and then come back and ask others to be more "fair".
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