Democrats and the dishonest media continue to claim the top 1 percent of American earners do not pay their fair share of taxes. Some go as far as to mislead working people that the mega-rich pay less in taxes than minimum wage earners.
If that seems somehow counterintuitive given the tax code requires people who make more to pay higher percentages, this fact-based report reveals the shocking truth about New York taxpayers.
When reporter Ami Horowitz approaches random New York residents on the street, he starts by asking one simple question: Do you think the rich pay their fair share of taxes?
The Big Apple has been infected with Democrat drivel about wealthy people enjoying the fruits of life while hard-working people pony up. That may be why so many laugh and imply the tax system is rigged for upper-class elites to escape responsibility at the expense of low-income citizens. So jaded are New Yorkers about the tax system some want to outlaw wealth or strip 1-percenters of 99 percent of their money.
But Horowitz arms himself with a pesky arsenal of facts that left-wing propaganda almost never includes. When they hear the truth that has been withheld about what various income brackets pay annually, many see American capitalism in a new light. If you want to watch New Yorkers discover the truth about taxes and wealth, this person on the street video delivers.
What was left out is the fact that the rich and wealthy have mega tax write offs which means we DO pay more in taxes than they do.
Half of the people in this country pay NO federal income tax. Yes the wealthy have tax shelters but few pay no taxes.