(10-02-2020, 12:45 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(10-02-2020, 12:42 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: You were arguing with my point that rich people cannot avoid paying taxes.   If your best example is a few hedge fund managers who get to pay capital gains rates on their fees, you have finally succeeded in pointing out a tiny number of rich people who have managed to pay a lower tax rate on part of their income that what you think they should pay.  

That does not refute my point that rich people not only cannot avoid paying taxes, and that they actually pay an incredibly large proportion of the taxes in this country.  The top 1% of earners pay 40% of the income taxes!

Do they get 40% of the income.
And if so, do they deserve to get that much income?