These United Socialist States of America that is.
Tax Code May Be the Most Progressive Since 1979
Published: Saturday, 5 Jan 2013 | 8:52 AM ET
WASHINGTON — With 2013 bringing tax increases on the incomes of a small sliver of the richest Americans, the country’s top earners now face a heavier tax burden than at any time since Jimmy Carter was president.
The last-minute deal struck by the departing 112th Congress raised taxes on a handful of the highest-earning Americans, with about 99.3 percent of households experiencing no change in their income taxes. But the Tax Policy Center estimates that the average family in the top 1 percent will pay a federal tax rate of more than 36 percent this year, up from 28 percent in 2008. That is the highest rate since 1979, at least.
Heck of a job John Boehner.
Why do I dare demean America by calling us socialist? Because “Progressivism” is somewhere between socialism and communism.