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Originally Posted by blackmonsters
Poor people pay taxes for plenty for services that mostly the rich use.
- Like feeling up all the landfills with waste from their business.
- Court cost for their massive law suits
- EPA studies/action of commercial air/land/sea pollution
- Clean up of billions of abandon commercial property
- Bail out of banks where poor people had no money
- Bail out of the auto industry where poor people don't work
- Coast guard and military protection for shipping companies
- Customs inspectors for expensive imports
- Above and under ground energy infrastructure that can support corporate buildings
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- Last but not least, the cost of tracking and convicting wealthy people for not paying taxes.
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In 2012, the median reported income was $36,055. The top 50% of income earners paid more than 97% of income taxes collected by the Federal Government. The chart below shows the breakdown of taxes paid within the top 50% bracket. Those in the top 1% account for over a third of the federal income
National Taxpayers Union - Who Pays Income Taxes?
so as you can clearly see for your self 'poor people' don't pay taxes
