Most Americans get taxed at source, so the government takes their cut of income tax before the workers get paid. It’s different for most wealthy Americans, though.
They get to declare what they’ve earned, in effect allowing them to choose how much tax they pay. Particularly because they can afford to pay imaginative accountants to play a tax system designed to help the wealthy reduce even further how much tax they pay.
Which leads to the claim from at least one very wealthy American that it’s smart not paying taxes. But it seems clear that almost all wealthy Americans believe the same thing.
And I guess some poor Americans look at the wealthy taking advantage of their position to avoid paying taxes and think, “Good for them, they’re sticking it to the man.”
Of course, perhaps they don’t realise that while the poorest 50% of Americans share just 2.5% of America’s wealth, the weathiest 10% have already hoarded 67.4% of all the wealth, and their share is still growing even larger. No doubt, helped by not paying all the taxes they should, while poor Americans have no choice over whether they pay their taxes.
So, when “smart” wealthy Americans don’t pay their taxes, are they really sticking it to the man, or are they sticking it to the poor?
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