America's tax problem- What is the freaking problem? Also Socialism in America takes a hit!j

[johnsobas]

Aielyn said:

sc94597 said:

Australia and the United States are entirely different countries. You say we should adopt Australia's policies, yet as a country we've obviously been successful historically without the need for an over-sized federal government.

Nobody actually said that the US should "adopt Australia's policies". What I said was that America should be looking at other countries, and finding out what works best, and then adapting that to the US's system as best they can.

Australia is just a good case study, because Australia and the US are very similar in many, many ways.

And by the way, America's greatest successes occurred when your income tax rates were highest, not lowest. Think about that for a little while.

nobody paid those tax rates that you're talking about.  The rich didn't pay more in taxes before despite the higher top rates.  

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324705104578151601554982808.html

"In 1958, the top 3% of taxpayers earned 14.7% of all adjusted gross income and paid 29.2% of all federal income taxes. In 2010, the top 3% earned 27.2% of adjusted gross income and their share of all federal taxes rose proportionally, to 51%."