The rich should pay higher taxes because they exploited the poor and that is how they got rich. If the rich pay the poor accordingly the poor wouldn't be as poor and maybe not even poor at all. And the rich would still be rich just not as rich. Some rare historical periods regulated exploitation and provided for building middle class, the rich hate the middle class because middle class competes with them. So because of this there is always a struggle between rich and poor. In a perfect world there would be more fairness and less disproportion. I am not calling for absolute equality but one making 400 - 500 times over another is not right. No one works that hard.
I am sure the comments below were written by the wealthy and privileged person.
They shouldn't. I believe, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, that richer people pay a higher % of taxes because they are assumed to "consume" more.
Put a person making $25,000 next to a person making $500,000, both consuming the same amount in life and tell me why the more assertive, more persistent, harder working human being making more money should be penalized for his/her effort.
Anyone?
There's no answer on the internet and this is a sheep concept -- in other words, it is what it is because it's been this way for such a long time.
When the top 5% of our nation goes on strike, goes out of business, stops working and puts up a fight, only then will America really address the issue (when the rich are done paying for the poor and unlucky)
The rich do in fact pay a higher percentage of their income in income tax, because we have a progressive income tax based on six different tax brackets, where the higher your income is the higher a percentage tax bracket you will be in. Depends on which country you're in. In the US, this is not the case.
People pay taxes in many different ways. Taxes are taken out of your paycheck, you pay taxes when you make purchases at a store, and you pay taxes on your home and property.
You have to pay taxes on the profits when you sell or otherwise dispose of the stocks. You also have to pay taxes on dividends.
Yes, all farmers pay taxes.
These taxes provide revenue to enable the government levying the taxes to pay for services they provide such as police and fire protection.
yes rich people should pay more taxes because the middle class pays taxes to support the poor people there for the rich should help pay
Rich people should pay a higher percentage of your income taxes APEX !!!
Populists believed that government should be there to protect the common worker, farmer, and poor people from the rich and big businesses. The Populist Party was also know as the People's Party.
the rich people should pay more taxes.
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Citizen of Athens had to pay taxes with the rich not having to pay taxes. The rich did have to pay for thing that the tax money didn't cover.
Yes, working seniors over 65 are still required to pay FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) taxes on their earnings. These taxes fund Social Security and Medicare programs.
Whately felt that the American colonists should be willing to pay higher taxes to parliament. He thought American's should be happy to pay for the protections Britain had provided to them.
The rich do in fact pay a higher percentage of their income in income tax, because we have a progressive income tax based on six different tax brackets, where the higher your income is the higher a percentage tax bracket you will be in. Depends on which country you're in. In the US, this is not the case.
They wanted the rich / upper class man to pay more taxes.
Some times the government think only the poor should pay taxes; it depends in different part of the world.
He did not want the taxes to be higher, he wanted the Clergy and the Nobility to also pay taxes so that not only the bourgeoisie had to pay all the taxes (since these were the poorest people).