Why are the "rich" always being asked to pay more than their share?

Yes the tax systm in the US is severely tilted. At least 25% of the population does not pay an income tax because it is qualified to do so whatever that means. But generally those with more money do not work any harder, it's just that they have particular skill sets that are more valuable to the company than a lower paid people. So don't take any crap about the lower paid people working harder and not getting enough, they're simply not as necessary. You should still want to earn more as it will lead to a higher standard of living. The increased expenses are not enough to offset the increased income

Are you asserting there is not any longer a 2nd area on your type conflict variety ? are you able to no longer see that as quickly as the rich pay a share of a much bigger earnings that it provides as much as extra advantageous than the share of small earning ? the reason that it is not honest is that the adaptation interior the earnings ranges is so large that at particular ranges, like the median American earnings in 2009, & approximately $50,000, isn't even a 10th of a million dollar earnings. That difference is 20 circumstances as large and while the earnings is going up from there, its in simple terms previous assessment. i'm no longer begrudging the powerful rich of their earning, i'm declaring that the quantities that low point earning pay is particularly lots the adaptation of bobbing up costs like nutrition and safeguard, while the mega wealthy will pay a somewhat larger factor and nevertheless be insulated from hardship by the vast quantity of money that they soak up. i'm in simple terms asserting that some extra share factors to the wealthy make no important difference however the tax gross revenues provides as much as extra advantageous than is introduced in from most of the different taxpayers mixed. the precise maximum do no longer opt to pay for the sacrifices that decrease point taxpayers have already accomplished. decrease than 4% boost on the precise tax bracket does not impression the so-pronounced as "activity creators". If it particularly did, there must be countless activity positions right here that no one might lack for an possibility. yet that boost will start to place extra earnings into government courses that particularly help small agencies initiate and amplify and it is generally an element of recent activity introduction. As to the capitol features tax, helpful everybody who has the extra advantageous earnings to invest above the common residing expenditures, does pay the comparable rates. it is the adaptation interior the precise maximum earning and a majority of the yank taxpayers, maximum human beings can not have the money for something extra advantageous than common existence. rich human beings ought to delight in the area that they carry and could shape the destiny for extra human beings to attain achievement. no longer set up the device to prefer them and oppress the something human beings right into a rustic of 2nd type voters.

Most people would be only too willing to pay a little more if they were able to earn over 250 K a year. There are also tax loopholes for the people in upper tax brackets that the poor can't use. Some wealthy people pay no taxes at all.

no one says the rich are evil. but 250k a year (or more) is A LOT of money to be making as a salary. thats higher than most lawyers and doctors. the problem is people who earn this money want more, more, more when they have plenty and some have absolutely none. they live more than comfortably, why should they have a problem with taxes, they have enough, all you have to do is walk around a big city and realize how some people have NOTHING, how can you not feel horrible about it?

They aren't.

They are being TOLD to pay for the government protecting their fortunes from the poor.

According to your own dog eat dog ideology, a million poor folks don't REALLY HAVE to allow one fat dog drink all of the campaign, while they drink cheap beer.

More is their share. They have been allowed more breaks through corporations than any rights a person gets. It's insane. No one "earns" a billion dollars. It's not even possible. They steal. We should steal back.

I love how everyone's up in a tizzy about....GASP "40% TOP TIER TAX RATES!!!!" up until the late 70s and early 80s it was closer to 80-90% this is how the system works.

It is legalized theft. Too bad we don't have a Ragnar Danneskjold in real life to take back what they earned.

Because people do not understand what "fair share" means. I often heare people say they need to pay MORE of their fair share. ?????

10% of $250K is more than 10% of $40K. Seems to me they already pay it but also already pay it at a PROGRESSIVE rate much higher. So they already pay through the nose and then some more.

Because these people are socialists.

Deciding that anyone pays a certain tax rate, creates a class system. In LF Capitalism, there is no class system. Everyone pays the same tax rate. I prefer no income tax myself.

You can't have socialism without class systems.