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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
I have great respect for Jefferson, but he was a slave owner, so I guess he would know a thing or two about profiting from the labor of others.
But that is beside the point, the overwhelming majority of people covered under a government plan would be paying taxes into the plan. You, among others, seem to have it backwards, as if a few folk would fund it, while everyone else just sort of sits around doing nothing. Will some people who do not contribute taxes benefit, absolutely, but they represent a small minority – I can deal with that.
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The top 1% of earners pay 21.20% of all taxes paid at an average rate of 24%, the top 2 - 5% of earners pay 14.55% of all taxes at an average of 18% (Top 5% pay @36% of all tax) The bottom 50% pay 3% of all tax collected at an average rate of 2.98%.
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I'd say there's reason to believe that "a few folk will fund it" - I don't expect the percentages listed there to change much.