{"id":21195,"date":"2013-12-10T20:34:06","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T01:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21195"},"modified":"2013-12-10T20:34:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T01:34:06","slug":"income-inequality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21195","title":{"rendered":"Income Inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately we have been hearing a lot about ‘income inequality<\/a>.’ It’s even a Biblical concept–Jesus<\/a> said, “The poor<\/a> you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want.” So income inequality was with us in Biblical times and is still with us. It seems to be a constant thing. Other than help the poor among us, do we have the ability to change it. Well, we have a government that right now is trying.<\/p>\n

Yesterday CNS News<\/a> reported that according to a new study<\/a> by the Congressional Budget Office<\/a>, the top 40 percent of households by before-tax income actually paid 106.2 percent of the nation\u2019s net income taxes<\/a> in 2010. So what did the bottom 60 percent pay? That sounds like too few people pulling the wagon with too many people in it.<\/p>\n

The article explains:<\/p>\n

The households in the top 20 percent by income paid 92.9 percent of net income<\/a> tax revenues<\/a> taken in by the federal government in 2010, said CBO. The households in the fourth quintile paid another 13.3 percent of net income tax revenues. Together, the top 40 percent of households paid 106.2 percent of the federal government\u2019s net income tax revenue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third quintile paid another 2.9 percent\u2014bringing the total share of net federal income tax revenues paid by the top 60 percent to 109.1 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That was evened out by the net negative income tax paid by the bottom 40 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is one aspect of the tax code that needs to be considered when viewing these statistics. When Congress has the highest percentage of millionaires per capita in America, why would they produce a tax code that is so unfavorable to the rich? Well, it’s not totally unfavorable to the rich–it is unfavorable to rich people<\/a> who currently are earning their wealth. Family wealth carefully invested in tax shelters is not taxable. Previously acquired assets are not taxed unless they are sold.<\/p>\n

The American<\/a> tax code is already 13 miles long. We need to scrap it, and make it very simple–how much did you make, how much did you give to charity, how much mortgage interest did you pay? Subtract that from your gross income and pay a small percentage of what is left. The charitable deduction encourages people to support charitable works and the mortgage deduction encourages people to buy houses and form communities. End of story.<\/p>\n

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