I want to know how many Americans know who creates jobs in the private sector? Also I'd like to know how many of you know the breakdown of how the tax

@SW-User According to the IRS, the top 1% pay over 40% of all U.S. federal income taxes.

@StrictSouthernHOH That is really an oversimplification of the problem. To be fair, one has to look at discretionary income. Those individuals with lower income, need more of their income for things necessary to their existence, housing, food, medical care, and thus are affected more by the taxes they pay then those earning well above the basic necessities. I do not have the answer to the problem of finding a better way to support the services of government.

The fact is that certain services are necessary and have to be paid for. Then there are emergencies that arise that must be paid for. Only through shared responsibility can this happen. We are a nation of states, each contributes a certain share of revenue to the federal government and then is eligible for help. Some states contribute a disproportionate amount of revenue compared to what they receive back.

That was a compromise set up when the country was first established, both as far as taxation as well as representation, leading to the disproportionate representation in the US Senate, in which certain citizens end up with a much more powerful Senator based on population served, the Dakotas each have 2 US Senators representing fewer people than the 2 Senators from California, for example.

Here is a discussion about where taxes come from. If one includes taxes paid by corporations, or individuals, as part of payroll taxes, it may appear that some wealthy individuals pay greater taxes than others, but that is comparing apples and oranges.

https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/who-pays-taxes?utm_term=federal%20tax%20paid%20by%20income%20level&utm_campaign=Who+Pays+Taxes&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=1523796716&hsa_cam=723350289&hsa_grp=43665064996&hsa_ad=261796239066&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-311422720471&hsa_kw=federal%20tax%20paid%20by%20income%20level&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIj-Py5c26-gIVS-TICh0gpA1PEAAYASAAEgLCE_D_BwE

@StrictSouthernHOH they also have something like 94% of the income

@Hoosierxdaddy62 Much of that income iscapital gains and dividends which are taxed at a lower rate. This encourages investment and job creation in America. Biden's plan to raise the capital gains rate has been proven to.be economically harmful. All it would do is take money away from successful investors and give it to a government that is over $34,000,000,000,000 in debt.

@StrictSouthernHOH not buying it. The economy is doing quite well by all leading indicators except inflation, which has been tampered. Lets talk about record corporate profits for a second...

@StrictSouthernHOH what made up the greatest ever addition to the national debt, aside from war?