Manic Melon

Question 1

• What % of the total tax burden do the Top 10% of Americans pay?
• A: 70%

Question 2

• What % of the total tax burden do the Bottom 50% of Americans pay?
• A: 3%

Question 3

• What % of the total tax burden do the Bottom 40% of Americans pay?
• A: 0% - And to be more accurate, they net money back!

Question 4

• What % of the total tax burden do the Top 1% of Americans (elite) pay?
• A: 40%

Question 5

• Does our constitution speak specifically against and unapportioned tax system?
• A: Yes
• More Info: Clause 1 from Article 1, Section 8 of The Constitution it states that “The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States”. We then fixed this “problem” in our constitution via our 16th Ammendment.

I’m done with my Q&A. Now a few open questions

• Q: Does repealing the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans sound very American?
• submit your thoughts as comments

• Q: Rather than figure out how much more to tax the rich, should we instead focus on how to structure our system so that the bottom 50% earn more?
• submit your thoughts as comments

• Q: Rather than focus on increasing overall tax income, should we instead focus on government spending less?
• submit your thoughts as comments