I was listening to the Neal Boortz Show this morning in my car as I ran an errand. Neal was discussing his interview a few months back with Democrat Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich. Boortz is the co-author of the book The Fair Tax, so he is keenly aware of tax policy in this country and his questions were related to that topic.
He asked Kucinich what percentage of the total income the Top 1% of income earners made. Kuncinich hemmed and hawed a bit, but eventually responded 60%. The real answer as provided by Neal and the IRS - 17%. This clown missed it by a whopping 360%. How on earth can a man who has run for the Presidency multiple times and based much of his campaign on the fact that the rich don't pay enough, be so clueless as to the answer to that question?
If that's not bad enough, he was then asked what percentage of the Federal Income Tax the Top 1% paid. His answer, "15% or less." The real answer? 38%.
Let's review.
Kucinich thinks the top 1% made 60% of the total income, but paid only 15% of the tax burden. That clearly wouldn't be fair to the other taxpayers in this country. In reality, the top 1% earned 17% and paid 38%. That doesn't seem fair to the top 1%, yet people like Kucinich scream that the rich are getting a free ride?
It is mind-boggling that a Democrat candidate for President can demand that the rich face a significantly higher tax burden and be so completely unaware of what they actually pay. In fact, he was so off base that he suggested they earned nearly four times what they actually earn and paid roughly half what they actually paid.
Here's a question. Why won't anyone in the mainstream media ask that question of a Democrat in a debate? My guess is because their call for higher taxes on the rich falls apart when the facts are laid bare. The rich in this country clearly pay more than their fair share of the tax burden and the LIE that they don't is perpetuated by incompetent, dishonest politicians and their lackey's in the press.
Keep this in mind the next time you hear one of these liberal scum bags wanting to take more of your money. It's a freaking sham.
