So just 6 people have more wealth than over 90 MILLION and they pay a LOWER tax rate than half of them?

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"So just 6 people have more wealth than over 90 MILLION"

No. Six members of the Walton family have over 90 million....Show more

1. Capital gains is return on money you have already earned and paid federal income tax, social security tax, medicare tax, state tax, city tax, etc. on. Because said money has already had the hell taxed out of it, returns are taxed at a lower rate.
2. If it is payment for a job, the more you make the higher your tax rate is.
3. My parents made $70,000 last year. Because of various tax deductions they paid $0 in federal income tax. My math isn't too good, but that is approximately 0%. In fact because of tax credits, they got a return of $3,000....Show more

how about instead of raising their taxes you cut mine?

giving me a tax cut helps me more than raising someone else's you moron.

but on the flip side i also hold capital investment so raising the capital gains tax would be taxing me a middle class worker more.

you know the income tax was NEVER supposed to affect the bottom 99% in the 1st place....Show more

I agree with Vulcan on this matter all the politician are doing is raising taxes and slowly taking away our rights.

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why do you think the 99% are camped out in the Court House lawn this cold night?

We're sick of being screwed by republicans - and unfortunately by sleazy democrats as well....Show more