Obama '08?

Share of Individual Income Tax Liabilities (POAI = Percent Of All Income; POAITP = Percent Of All Income Taxes Paid)
...
Top 1 Percent, POAI = 21, POAITP = 29.7
Top 5 Percent, POAI = 30, POAITP = 49.1
Top 10 Percent, POAI = 43, POAITP = 61.2

do you think it's fair that PEOPLE that EARN 21% of total income pays 21% of total taxes? Why do you think so?

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
... all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...

MY CALCULATIONS FROM MY SOURCES SAY THAT FOR 2010:

YES, I think it would be fair! I think every dollar of income should be taxed at a "UNIFORM" rate. I think that taxing dollars at different rates is not only illegal according to the Constitution of the USA, Article I, Section8, it's unfair because it violates the valid principle th

I know that here in Ky the prices for state subsidized insurance, for people that cant get it anywhere else, are much higher then comparable insurance thru private companies.

Have you even looked at the prices that are mentioned as being on the "exchange"?
In many cases those prices are going to be higher then private insurance.
I know that here in Ky the prices for state subsidized insurance, for people that cant get it anywhere else, are much higher then comparable insurance thru private companies.

Also, do you have a link to anything put out by McD or HHS that deny's the report?
I have heard nothing about them denying it.

I can only speak for my case, not everyone else.
Since I had skin cancer a few years ago, which I am totally cured of now, the insurance companies wont insure me till I have gone 5 years cancer free.

So right now the only way for me to get medical insurance is thru the state, or my wifes job.
Fortunately, I get it thru her work, because Its less expensive to do that then to try and get it from the state.
But even the insurance thru her work wont cover some things till I have gone the 5 years.

House leaders also appeared unlikely to call a vote on a Senate-passed school nutrition bill favored by first lady Michelle Obama. The bill is opposed by liberals because it would cut food stamp benefits to find the money to pay for better school lunches. The Senate passed the $4.5 billion legislation in August, and many of the child nutrition programs it includes are to expire on Thursday, the last day of the fiscal year. They'll be temporarily extended under the stopgap bill

The bill is opposed by liberals because it would cut food stamp benefits to find the money to pay for better school lunches.

So school lunches are not as important as campaigning?
And apparently the liberals dont want kids to have better school lunches.

I tthought that was what they libs claim that conservatives think.
Apparently its the other way around.

Then how do they want to pay for it?
Somethings gotta give.
We cant keep spending more and more on things without making cuts in other things.

Then how do they want to pay for it?
Somethings gotta give.
We cant keep spending more and more on things without making cuts in other things.

I'll go with your source's actual data assuming my sources and/or calculations are incorrect:

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040tt.pdf
Schedule Y-1: Married filing jointly--DOLLARS TAXABLE INCOME
IF OVER BUT NOT OVER TAX IS PLUS TAX RATE OF AMOUNT OVER
$0 16,750 0.00 10% 0
16,750 68,000 1,675.00 15% 16,750
68,000 137,300 9,362.50 25% 68,000
137,300 209,250 26,687.50 28% 137,300
209,250 373,650 46,833.50 33% 209,250
373,650 99,999,999,999,999 101,085.50 35% 373,650

PER PERSON NUMBER PERSONS TOTAL
Standard Deduction $ 5,700 4 $ 22,800
Exemptions 3,650 4 14,600
Deduct' + Exemp's $ 37,400

GROSS INCOME 37,400 50,000 100,000
TAXABLE INCOME (0) 12,600 62,600
INCOME TAX (0.00) 1,260.00 8,552.49
% TAX ON GROSS 0% 3% 9%

GROSS INCOME 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000
TAXABLE INCOME 962,600 9,962,600 99,962,600
INCOME TAX 307,218 3,457,218 34,957,218
% TAX ON GROSS 31% 35% 35%

GROSS INCOME 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000 10,000,000,000,000
TAXABLE INCOME 999,962,600 999,999,962,600 9,999,999,962,600
INCOME TAX 349,957,218 349,999,957,218 3,499,999,957,218
% TAX ON GROSS 35% 35% 35%

http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032008/hhinc/new06_000.htm
Income of Household All Races
Number in thousands $ Mean Income


Total 116,783 67,609
Under $2,500 2,420 337
$2,500 to $4,999 993 3,820
$5,000 to $7,499 1,868 6,375
$7,500 to $9,999 3,174 8,650
$10,000 to $12,499 3,565 11,225
$12,500 to $14,999 3,486 13,668
$15,000 to $17,499 3,753 16,057
$17,500 to $19,999 2,974 18,624
$20,000 to $22,499 3,731 20,979
$22,500 to $24,999 3,070 23,682
$25,000 to $27,499 3,728 26,009
$27,500 to $29,999 2,586 28,629
$30,000 to $32,499 3,797 30,902
$32,500 to $34,999 2,421 33,649
$35,000 to $37,499 3,384 36,002
$37,500 to $39,999 2,404 38,656
$40,000 to $42,499 3,548 40,936
$42,500 to $44,999 2,202 43,643
$45,000 to $47,499 2,906 45,968
$47,500 to $49,999 2,077 48,632
$50,000 to $52,499 3,256 50,892
$52,500 to $54,999 1,927 53,620
$55,000 to $57,499 2,595 56,007
$57,500 to $59,999 1,787 58,601
$60,000 to $62,499 2,789 60,897
$62,500 to $64,999 1,659 63,649
$65,000 to $67,499 2,112 65,943
$67,500 to $69,999 1,449 68,626
$70,000 to $72,499 2,189 71,004
$72,500 to $74,999 1,505 73,653
$75,000 to $77,499 1,998 75,964
$77,500 to $79,999 1,314 78,612
$80,000 to $82,499 1,872 80,934
$82,500 to $84,999 1,220 83,733
$85,000 to $87,499 1,573 85,985
$87,500 to $89,999 1,123 88,636
$90,000 to $92,499 1,566 90,968
$92,500 to $94,999 987 93,620
$95,000 to $97,499 1,216 96,043
$97,500 to $99,999 972 98,641
$100,000 to $149,999 14,214 119,534
$150,000 to $199,999 5,115 169,466
$200,000 to $249,999 2,012 219,617
$250,000 and above 2,245 418,063