Stu, my apologies if I misunderstood your point.  However when you start your response very carefully parsing the tax rate criteria to imply that the so called rich pay less in taxes than you, it isn't a huge leap to what I thought you meant.

Why is it that everyone mentions CEO's and corporations when they talk about the rich, but never seem to mention Ely Manning getting $92million over five years???  Or the actress/actor making $20million per movie???

By the way.....this.......

<<Right now, the rich pay a higher percentage than me (supposedly) on a portion of their income - and a much lower percentage than me on another huge portion of their income - passive income.>>

Do you really think investment income (Capital Gains) is passive?? Another questions, should capital gains be adjusted for inflation??



Jra

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