Obama's first failed appointment

Thats cool..but I (and many professionals in a variety of fields) will still look at polls as one tool among many for a snapshot of public opinion ...and understand the limitations.

And you still cant point to any data that top taxpayers are bitching they pay too much.

The bitching is ideological....not income based.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Redux

But you still cant point to any data that top taxpayers are bitching they pay too much.

The bitching is ideological....not income based.

Funny, because all we hear from those that pay little or no income tax is that the top earners earn to much and they want some of it. You can look around this forum and see data that supports that. They want it through the redistribution of those collected taxes as greater government spending for programs that support the no earners-payers.

While many studies answer the ques*tion of who pays taxes in America, the question of who gets the most government spending is often overlooked. Just as some Americans bear a larger portion of the nation's tax burden than others, some Americans also receive a larger share of the nation's government spending.

This report summarizes the key findings of a comprehensive 2007 Tax Foundation study of federal, state and local taxes and government spending. The results show that when we consider the distribution of government spending as well as taxes, it provides a dramatically altered view of how U.S. fiscal policy affects Americans at different income levels than is apparent from the distribution of tax burdens alone.

Overall, we find that America's lowest-earning one-fifth of households received roughly $8.21 in government spending for each dollar of taxes paid in 2004. Households with middle-incomes received $1.30 per tax dollar, and America's highest-earning households received $0.41. Government spending targeted at the lowest-earning 60 percent of U.S. households is larger than what they paid in federal, state and local taxes. In 2004, between $1.03 trillion and $1.53 trillion was redistributed downward from the two highest income quintiles to the three lowest income quintiles through government taxes and spending policy.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/sr151.pdf

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Funny, because all we hear from those that pay little or no income tax is that the top earners earn to much and they want some of it. You can look around this forum and see data that supports that.

I make a very comfortable living and I dont think I pay too much and would have no complaints about paying more as my income rises.

Ideological.

BTW, many would consider the Tax Foundation to be ideological as well.

My complaint is with the complexity of the current tax code.

Again..there is no data that I have seen anywhere that top taxpayers believe in overwhelming numbers that they pay too much in taxes.

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Funny, because all we hear from those that pay little or no income tax is that the top earners earn to much and they want some of it. You can look around this forum and see data that supports that. They want it through the redistribution of those collected taxes as greater government spending for programs that support the no earners-payers.



http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/sr151.pdf

My heart is pumping purple piss for them. No, really.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Redux

Thats cool..but I (and many professionals in a variety of fields) will still look at polls as one tool among many for a snapshot of public opinion ...and understand the limitations.

And most professionals who deal with statistical models on a regular basis, every day and in practice, agree that polls are really quite worthless.