Liberals have been quick to claim an “education gap” between conservative and liberal voters, which they use to assert the moral high ground as the informed, intellectual class. Unfortunately, being educated today doesn’t necessarily make one smart. The classical “liberal” college degree, once meant to impart a well-rounded general education onto its graduates, now only serves to provide proof of indoctrination into the liberal agenda and a blind adherence to its dogma. Here’s a perfect example where the “educated” left are ignorant to reality, instead choosing to churn out tired old leftist cliches learned during their indoctrination:
Residents in AOC’s district say how much they think the rich pay in taxes
Here are the more interesting quotes from the news article linked above:
“We’re paying too much taxes,” a woman named [redacted] told Fox News. “The lower and middle classes, we’re working our butts off and we’re paying so much taxes, and then you’ve got the upper class and they’re not paying anything.”
But this is far from the truth. In 2018, the top 1.6% of earners paid 38.4% of all income taxes. In fact, the top 8.3% of earners paid fully 61.6% of all income taxes – more than the remaining 91.7% combined!
The wealthiest people are “definitely paying the bare minimum if any,” he continued. “I would assume it’s about 5%, if that.”
Interesting, but false. The top 0.5% of earners in America paid a marginal tax rate of 37%.
“They should be paying the same amount of taxes as the middle and lower class are,” [redacted] said. “That way it gives us equal share and no one is feeling singled out.”
Finally, something we can all agree on – a flat tax. The real benefit to this plan, however, is detrimental to Congress: it means that we all have to pay for the indulgences of our political leaders, making it more difficult for Congress to buy the votes of their favored constituents with other people’s money. This, of course, would be a boon for freedom and democracy – but a bust for politics as usual.
In any event, thank Dog for the “educated” class. How else would we learn just how stupid people can be?