Should someone who earns $1 billion a year be taxed more than someone who makes $60k

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Gipper said:

I think you like strawmen more than Frank Baum. Marginal income has absolutely no basis in this argument.

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Get a clue. Despite his cherry picking of 1 out of a half dozen arguments from my original post, my first response is a direct response to both his first and second statement. I didn't ignore or sidestep his point at all. Strawman, my ...

My second was an attempt at the tactic used by so many others here - to skate the burden of proof by asking another question. Myself, and probably a lot of others are tired, tired of posting long thought out arguments only to have somebody ignore all but 1% to make an over simplified argument.

And you want to say marginal income isn't relevant in an argument about fair share? I'm sorry but to call 20% of income made by doing absolutely nothing (interest) is the "same" or "more" as 20% of an hourly wage is a gross oversimplification of our world. If you truly believe that you are 100% in control of your own destiny then I have no chance of convincing you otherwise. But if you're a realist and understand the chaos involved of every outcome of the real world, then you'd also understand that the value of a buck varies from individual to individual.

If I'm wrong and this is about straight up value, then why is the counter answer to progressive taxes not a flat dollar amount instead of a flat rate. How about every american should pay $10K to be a citizen.

Re: Should someone who earns $1 billion a year be taxed more than someone who makes $

Take H. Cain's idea of 9, 9 and 9...9% of 25,000.00 per year is $2,250.00 and 9% of $20,000,000.00 is $1,800,000.00
The rich guy pays more with a simple flat tax and no deductions. That is equatable, but taxing them more under this current system is robbery, legal robbery just because they are rich. If the poor can't be blamed for being poor, why would you throw blame at a rich person? because they worked harder and were smarter? That also would not be fair. Fair is exactly that...a flat tax for everyone including big business with no deductions.