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It has always been a fact that the middle classes, as soon as they came into being, paid the brunt of taxes and were the real drivers of the economy.

The rich as a group have also paid their share. Some of them have indeed paid enormous sums, but not in this country, and the rest always found creative, but legal, ways of evading taxes. You have to understand that the rich are taxed much more in certain other developed countries, and that taxes here are comparatively reasonable.

And I doubt anyone would argue that the very poor should pay more in taxes  - would you want to send them to debtor's prison, like they did in 19th century England, when they have no money left?

Your post is rather astoundingly ignorant. I urge you to read and study a little more.[/quote]
When did I say the very poor should pay "more" in taxes? There's no such thing as more....they pay nothing. (As does nearly half the country.)  To the contrary, they are net receivers - even if they paid a token amount.

And what a leap to debtors' prison! Besides the fact they don't exist, we wouldn't worry about any debt. Just like we do, they would "pay" in advwnce throughout the year. If their "earnings" are via welfare, a little $8 deduction for a total of a $100 tax liability is more than reasonable.

Your attitude is not surprising, though. [b]I've found many liberals become aghast at the thought that pooer people on all sorts of government assistance kick back even 1% in taxes, while having no problem bankrupting the middle class with taxes to pay for the poorer people. [/b][/quote]

If you want to be credible and objective, you can't assume anything. Who are you to assume anything about me? To say I'm liberal, or anything else? You don't know me. 
I inference from your post, though, that you've never been very poor yourself and have no first hand knowledge of what it means to live your life day after day scraping pennies together and not having any certainty for the future. It's grinding and incredibly stressful, so much so that research has shown people's brains are permanently affected by this kind of life. You can't tax someone like this "in advance". Correct me if I am wrong and you have, in fact, suffered like this.
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No....not very poor. But for the first time in my adult life, I find myself having to sacrifice needed medical care due to our insistence that the poor people get everything paid for completely. Trying to come up with premiums every month, in addition to ongoing medical bills, is also incredibly stressful - and made more so when I hear people brag about how THEIR care is free. I just don't get why people defend the poor people, and have no compassion for middle class people who have been hard hit financially in order to provide more for the poor people than they can afford themselves. Do you think it is is fair that the poor person gets better medical care (free to them) than I can afford for myself because my bills have tripled in order to pay the free care in the first place? (Sorry for the run-on sentence, but as I've stated, I'm in PT and getting tired right now, I'm going to have to sign off, but I did want to respond.)[/quote]

I feel your pain, but your anger is misplaced. Poor people do NOT have it better than you do because they are getting stuff for "free." You would not want to live in subsidized housing, get your health care from a clinic, or use food stamps. [/quote]

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