And I can't help but agree with Zapp_B's response to Sweet William. How can you criticize the portion of the country who pays most of the taxes already for not having the spirit that 'we're all in this together' when the bottom half of earners aren't even going to be paying any income tax at all? Which group isn't doing their share?

At this point, my country and my fellow citizens can go piss up a rope, SweetWilliam's vapid “we're all in this together” crap notwithstanding.

I don't care what the rest of the world's tax burden is. Just because other people in other countries are paying more doesn't mean those of in the USA have to.

Go ask your mommy and daddy what they think of their taxes. When you grow up, you'll understand.

We have grossly lowered our expectations of congress, while they have given themselves raises and entrenched themselves in their positions. I suggest we raise our expectations and fire as many of the boobs as we can!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_…
This list shows in the context of GDP, were at the bottom – 27 of Western countries.

So what tax burden are you whining about?

The 12-20 millin is the official government estimate that many suspect is too low. 30 million is the high side estimate. And they pay little if anything in income taxes. They know how to claim multiple dependents so that nothing is withheld and there are many pro-illegal immigration tax return services that will help the illegal aliens get tax credits so that they get money back instead of apying anything in. If illegal immigratns were good at paying taxes, California would not have a $40 billion plus budget deficit right now.

Hello all you millionaire TMV posters. Thanks for your input.

Here's a hearty FUCK YOU to your idea of more taxes. Perhaps if the people in the government actually paid their taxes, or if Congress didn't vote themselves pay raises, I might be a bit more amenable to the idea, but as it is, no way.

If those “publicly minded” billionaires and millionaires think that they should give more, why don't they just start donating money to the government? Or pay off the mortgages of those in foreclosure? Or payoff my mortgage?

Illegal aliens pay little if any income taxes. They work off the books, they use stolen identieis. they claim five kids so that nothing is withheld. And eventually, they will get the social security benefits. There have been several reports that have shown that illegals are a huge drain on the economy.

the beef packing industry survived in the 1950's with few if any illegal aliens. It can go back to paying real wages and real benefits instead of a race to cheat the government as much as possible.

Maybe robots could replace the illegals in meat packing plants. Or we could just “enslave” them until a better cotton gin could send them back to …

You can raise taxes all you want and the politicians will find a way to spend every dollar and be back asking for more (See California). If I wanted to live in a country with 50% tax rates I could move to Europe. Instead of raising taxes, why not start asking what government really should be doing and what it should not be doing. Giving medical benefits and welfare to illegal immigrant will have to stop before people should be asked to pay more taxes.

That said, tax rates will have to be raised in general to pay down the debt, there is no getting around it. Once we have a new transportation/energy infrastructure mostly in place, then tax rates should be lowered again to encourage investment in technologies that take advantage of them and lead to a period of new economic growth.