They Just Can't Afford to Pay Their Share

It's funny how in the very odd world

Of income and taxes here in the U.S.,

Those who can afford to pay their share

Often end up paying far less.

 

If I were among the 400

Highest-paying taxpayers here,

With an average of three hundred thirty-six

Million dollars of income a year,

 

I would have paid seventeen percent

In federal taxes in 2012.

How and why this happens is something

Into which we ought to delve.
 

Had they earned less--let's just say

One hundred thousand dollars instead--

They would have paid the very same rate!

Doesn't that also make YOU see red?

 

If high-paid lawyers and lobbyists

Can alter the tax code, set up a trust,

Or create a loophole for the wealthy,

It's not illegal, but simply unjust.

 

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