jraeyre wrote:
In fact, it seems that the most fair would be if they paid into taxes until they had the same thingto live on as you do.
That's just bullshit. Nobody thinks or has suggested that.

And Stu's statement is true. Many rich people pay less in overall taxes, as a PERCENTAGE OF INCOME, than we do. Period.

That makes your categorical statement "The rich pay more in federal taxes than you do, Stu" simply false.