Do Some Americans Pay No Taxes? The Contrived Claims That Everyone Must Help Pay for the Government

by Melanie on 01/05/10 at 9:01 am

Neil Buchanan

“What Does it Mean For a Person to Contribute to Society?

The argument that some people in the poorer half of the country are not contributing to fund the government is, therefore, simply incoherent once it is broken down and analyzed in depth. The government makes it possible for a modern economy to function. Some of our citizens work, yet end up paying no net taxes at least as we currently label them. However, their work contributes to the profits and incomes of those higher up the ladder. These citizens might not write the checks, but they surely contribute as much as – if not more than – the rich, who are supposedly over-burdened by government.”

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