When you have a tax system in which most of the exemptions and the lowest rates benefit the richest, all in the name of job creation, all that happens is that the rich get richer.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before - ever. It's true. Just like it's true that when the rich are convinced they're going to be taxed more, they spend less. And when the top few percenters don't spend, there goes all your spending, because they account for half of all retail spending.
It seems like the richer you are, the more chance you have of paying less tax.
You can tax the rich all you want. The problem is there aren't enough of the rich.
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more.
Yes, the rich will find ways to avoid paying more taxes, courtesy of clever accountants and tax attorneys. But this has always been the case, regardless of where the tax rate is set.
The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.
Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.
Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.
The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.
Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.