The Reasons for Why the Rich Should Pay

The common argument made by the rich and their protectors is
that they deserve the money that they have earned and the government has no
right to tax them more than any other citizen.  For after all the United States
is a land where the law applies equally and justly to all.  That's all
well and good but do these well off people not realize how they made all of
their millions? 



They made it off the backs of the middle and lower class.  Think of all
the workers who get paid so little who make it possible for profits for all
those stockholders of all those giant companies to be made, and then tell me if
it is fair that they should pay the same tax rate?  In essence they
already pay the same amount of taxes that the rich do, they pay through the
money that could have been given to them as wages but instead were taken as
profits.



So why complain when all it is is a shuffling of taxes from one group?  On
top of that would it not be prudent for the elite of this nation to help pay
for the social services and daily welfare of their workforce?  Do they not
want to sustain their own growth?



This is without mentioning who gets the most out of government.  Who receives
the most out of the US Navy protecting the seas, Joe the deli worker or the
boardrooms of Nike, Dell, and every other company that uses sea shipping
lanes?  The rich are receiving a disproportional amount of services from
the US
government yet they want the tax system to be fair in their eyes.



Of course the rich should only pay a fair share of the US budget, but just not an equal
share.