Here is a regressive blogger (virulently anti-teacher, anti-labor union, anti minimum-wage libertarian) who says in his recent blog that the rich pay "all" taxes including SS and Medicare taxes!
Please help me repudiate this guy's nonsense. I have been criticizing him for such a long time that he has permanently banished me from posting any comments on his blogs!
A few more details after the fold.
His definition of "rich", of course, is 40% of the income earners! If you earn $88K in a year, you are "rich", according to him! I think if one slices that group into either 39% and 1% (i.e. the middle-class and the rich) or 39.9% and 0.1% (i.e. the middle-class plus rich and the super-rich), the story will be very, very different - in fact, I am sure it will be the exact opposite of what he is saying.
That is just one way of disproving the regressive blogger's lies. There could be a few other angles as well. Please go over to his blog and post your comments.
Thank you.