Mark & Juanita wrote:

I was directing that more at main stream media and various
congressional propagandists who, when tax cuts were announced (as an
across-the board percentage) complained that the "rich" were going to
benefit more, citing how the "rich" would be able to buy a car with
their tax decrease while those with only lower incomes would be able
to buy a muffler. That both groups received the same percentage
decrease was lost on (or ignored by) these propagandists, labeling
this as unfair to those with lower income.

It's an interesting situation perhaps made especially so by our
preoccupation with and confusion of "fairness" (same rules apply to all)
with "justice" (equity in all transactions - social as well as financial).

Regardless of the economic theory one espouses, there is a point at
which observers note that whatever system is not working when those at
the top of the scale receive compensation in excess of what they can
reasonably enjoy while those at the bottom of the scale are unable to
meet basic needs regardless of effort expended.

When/if that happens, the issue becomes one of justice - and it is not
the level of taxation that is called into question, but rather the worth
of the entire social structure that fails to provide equity.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/