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So who does the taxes benefit if not the rich?
your chart shows that the rich pay a massive amount more than what they're getting back.
Social Security can be taken out of the picture as it "pays for itself"...at least that was the case until just recently
money.cnn.com/2010/08/05/news/economy/social_security_trustees_report/index.htm
Which means that technically, rich people and the buyers of US debt will be paying for that starting now as well.
so lets look at the rest of the federal budget...you've got medicare and medicaid which makes up about 20% and then defense spending which is another 20%, of which about 25% goes directly to payroll... we'll say that medicare and medicaid goes to "the poor", that is the bottom 50% of society that only foot 3% of tax receipts. And just for fun, lets say that 75% of defense spending goes to "rich people".
The rest of the budget is made up of things like the Department of Transportation, Energy, EPA, Education, Agriculture....you know, the domain of the rich.
Honestly, for "rich people" paying taxes in the US...it's a terrible return on investment.
They are the ones paying directly for the services that the "poor people" are using.
That's what I get from your chart.
