FREEDOM LINE BLOG: Image of the Day: Paying Their "Fair Share?"
We recently highlighted the preposterousness of Joe Biden's ceaseless talking point that wealthier Americans…
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Image of the Day: Paying Their "Fair Share?"

We recently highlighted the preposterousness of Joe Biden's ceaseless talking point that wealthier Americans don't pay their "fair share" of taxes, as well as the insanity of resting his tax and budgetary policy on that false claim.  In reality, wealthier Americans' share of income taxes paid dwarfs their share of income earned, and the Tax Foundation offers a helpful comparison graph illustrating our point perfectly:

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="651"] Paying Their "Fair Share?"[/caption]…[more]

March 14, 2023 • 09:22 AM
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