Reply #13: Why should people closer to the top... [View All]

[busymom]

pay an even higher percentage of their income in taxes? Why are they responsible for wiping away the debt? I think people who work hard to get where they are should be taxed at the same rate as everyone else....Tax money that people win or inherit...but not what they've worked for their whole lives to achieve.

I know that isn't a popular idea round here, but those who pay the most in taxes also tend to get the least in benefits from the money....and...if you have scrimped and saved and gone into debt to go to school and train for years and work your way up and finally, finally get that dream job...why should you then pay a larger percentage of your income in taxes? I'm not opposed to paying taxes so that we can have universal healthcare and better schools etc....but everyone should be taxed at the same percentage rate.

Anything else is simply unfair, and it's a reason that my husband refuses to vote dem this time around.