WTF, I need some research to gain confidence in what you're sayingI care about your confidence in my research about as much as you care about mine.
. Originally Posted by gnadfly
I'm no CPA but I can add and subtract. We have two tax systems in this country. When the Progressive Federal Taxes go down, the Regressive State and local Taxes go up.
That results in the rich paying less in taxes as a % and the poor and middle class more. Pretty simple really.
That is why the Gini has risen over the decades , well that and free trade with countries that pay their workers pennies.
Again, the rich have robbed the middle class and poor of their savings(SS and Medicare) to pay for Wars that they want the middle class children to fight and die in.
If you are ok with that, fine. I'm not.
Marshall seems to be ok with the rich paying him peanuts to go off and fight wars for the wealthy. To each his own.