Ted Rall for July 08, 2015
July 07, 2015
July 10, 2015
Transcript:
Man 1: Why should we cut them a break? Their government should listen to live within its means! They're deep in debt, but they keep spending and borrowing, spending and borrowing! Plus they're hopelessly corrupt! They're owed $300 billion in taxes, mostly because rich people cheat and hide their cash! Man 2: But the U.S. could drag Europe's economy down with it... Woman: Screw 'em! No more enabling their lazy western lifestyles!!
Federal income tax data for 2014 show that the top 20 percent income earners (rich?) paid 83.9 percent of total income tax collected. Some myth!