I think the quote rich pay more than their fare share, for those rich that want to pay more, nothing is stoping them. They just quit taking the dedcutions, or just send in money. I am sure the government will not stop them.

I want the 47 percent of the people that pay no tax to have some skin in the game, as they get the bulk of the government give aways, and most often by fraud. If they paid their fair share, then there would not be a problem.

I think everyone, and I mean everyone should pay no less than 10 percent.

As usual, most of the comments on this issue come from people who think they know something because they listen to all the politicl rhetoric and spns of the politicians and biased news media. Few actually know the facts and fewer still understand much if any of tax law, I am not going to try and explain tax law. No one person can. Only that LAW is made by Congress and not the IRS. IRS interprets & administers tax law period. The fundamental problems with our tax structure are essentially two fold. 1. The laws are purposely too complicated and full of exceptions, exclusions. deductions and credits all designed to confuse and use by these same politicians for their own political agenda and personal gain. Loopholes are sometimes purposely created but often times jjust simply overlooked because of the complexity. 2. Tax laws we have are unevenly applied to people and corporations. Why are their two sets of tax law ?

A consumption tax, like European countries have been using for years would totally simplify and apply fairly across all entities. If you buy something it is taxed. Individuals, corporations, etc. One rate, no exceptions, no exclusions, no credits, no deductions. Services and consumables. Everything. I buy a used 2001 Ford for $5,000 and I am taxed at the same rate as the Corp mogul who buys a $100,000 Mercedes. If rate is 15% for example, I pay $600 and he pays $15,000 in taxes. Whats not fair about that ? If a Corporation buys $1B of parts to build washing machines, they pay $150M in taxes on the parts, then the consumer pays 15% tax on the completed washing machine. Tax collected is sent in to a small collection agency rather than the mammmoth unaffordable, bloated, beauacracy we have now called the IRS.

This wil never happen unless we elect new people to Congress who have OUR interests in mind and not their's and the PACs and Super PACs of today that can hide behind our current complex and self serving tax law and structure.

So what do we do with all the IRS, Corp Tax [eople who spend all their time avoiding paying taxes, CPA,s, Tax Accountants etc. LET THEM BUILD WASHING MACHINES !

It's true.  The wealthy don't pay their fair share of taxes, they pay FAR MORE than any reasonable person would call a "fair share".  The top 10% of earners pay a whopping 70% of federal income taxes.  The bottom 50% pay ZERO!  What's fair about that????  The bottom 50% will always vote to confiscate more wealth from the top earners since they have no skin in the game.  When the "tax recipients" can outvote the "tax payers" we will become just another European style welfare state.  With checks and balances gone, all the initiative and motivation to improve one's financial position will be gone as well along with much of what has made America great.  Socialists (including a large swath of the Democratic Party) want equal outcomes not equal opportunity and are very ready to achieve this by confiscating as much wealth as possible from those that produce only to hand it over to those unwilling or unmotivated to work.  Hell, we're doing it now with 99+ weeks of unemployment payments.  Where's the incentive to work when you can sit at home and collect a check???

"Someone" might argue that paying sales tax, Social Security contributions etc. justifies the lower 50% paying little or no federal tax.  However, the vast majority of entitlement programs come from the bloated federal budget, not the state, local and use taxes.  These largely go to state and local budgets and schools.  The class warfare rhetoric that is being espoused by the "One" who was going to bring us all together is not productive and is dangerous.  Our energy should be directed toward producing jobs, not setting one American against another.

Everyone has had a family member or friend whom is always in financial ruin, and every time you've tried to help them out, they continue to do the same things which lead to the same problem.

our government does not have an income problem, it's a spending problem. so no matter how much of whom evers money they get, it won't be enough. This whole "the rich do not pay enough" is just another distraction in order for them to continue doing what they have always done, wake up!

I am not even remotely rich (55k,) , but I do not think the government needs more of ANYBODYS' money in order to correct our debt problem.

When we have money problems in our homes, we do without, cut back, get rid of unnecessary spending. we do not find away to spend our way out of debt.

My friend paid around $3000 dollars into federal taxes this year.

she just got back over $6000. double what she even put in.

she has 3 kids. each of those kids get school lunches paid for, medical services paid for.

and then she receives the large bonus check at the end of the year?

who isn't paying their fair share? she didn't pay and she got that much back....

all the services and the cash. this is way there a problem with out deficit ,not the 15% they rich do actually pay.