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Originally posted by taxwonk
No. The facts are that the top 1% saw a drop of more than 6% in their effective tax rate, while the middle class saw a drop of less than 1%.
Absolute figures don't count for anything in a progressive system.
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Bullshit. If you taxed the top group 99% and everyone else whatever you needed to make up the deficit, you're telling me that it would not matter one whit if you dropped the top rate to 98%, because it's a move away from progressivity. Bullshit, I say again.
If your beef is that the current tax system is not sufficiently progressive, then fine, but call it that. Don't dress it up as "tax cuts only for the rich." The problem is that the rich are the only ones who pay enough taxes as it is to have cuts of any significance.
