03-04-2024, 12:41 PM
I think you took Carlin's statement a bit too literally but his point was that the upper class can afford the tax hit and lobby for all the loopholes for themselves and can afford to hire attorneys to build tax shelters like trusts and LLCs, which are taxed at lower rates than the average person's income. While yes the total tax proceeds are paid predominantly by the upper class, the RATE lands the burden on the other classes.
Besides, the biggest tax of all is the inflation tax, which we're all experiencing right now. That tax by far disproportionately is paid not by the upper class but by the middle and lower classes.
Any way, I agree with you overall about taxation as a whole, especially since the current tax system is a commercial contractual taxation system that exists to pay tribute to the holders of "US Inc's" debt, not the Constitutional tax system envisioned by the Founders. Everyone has been hoodwinked into a voluntary contractual tax system without realizing it.
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