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Originally Posted by sbl
Why should the rich pay less?
Edit: To answer your question and mine with the same answer--because they own more congressmen!
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I have never said that they should pay less. I could argue that they should pay the same amount as everyone else, since they receive essentially the same level of government services as others (a beer is a beer). But even though they pay much more, people want them to pay even more yet and won't be happy until they get brought down to the same level as people who have spent unwisely, maybe not worked as hard, etc.
The rich don't own more congressman; that's nonsense. Just look at how unions had such control over how health care benefits were to be taxed in recent negotiations.