Bill would require drug test to claim high-dollar tax deduction

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(06-20-2016, 06:15 PM)Benton Wrote: https://www.aei.org/publication/as-tax-day-approaches-lets-thank-top-20-for-shouldering-84-of-the-income-tax-burden-with-only-50-of-us-income/



I've heard similar, that was just the first thing that comes up in a Google search. The only thing that's a little off with most of those stories are the negative for the bottom 20% of earners. The stories usually say they receive more than they pay, but that omits gas taxes, sales taxes, and other taxes they have to pay, it's just referring to federal taxes and benefits. On the other hand, it doesn't go into how much the top 20% isn't paying.

Which, for me, is the issue.

There's a few deductions that are good and universal, but many aren't. Or aren't usable without some good tax attorneys on your side. It's prohibitive to people running businesses or just get ahead. We don't need to talk about lower rates and higher rates until we get rid of loopholes and deductions. It doesn't matter if your rate is... if one guy has a good tax attorney he's going to pay 0% and a guy without that resource is going to pay 100%.

So we can agree that those that earn more money pay more taxes. Sure, just like everyone else they will look for deductions; but they are not costing the government money the way those who only take do.