# Stop coddling the rich

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic
**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979 "2011-08-15T15:57:29Z")
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### Author: ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979/21 "2011-08-16T20:10:19Z")

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> [@WTB: beginner bike](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-beginner-bike/44505/14):
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> The top 1% of earners pay 40% of all taxes, I would say that’s more than fair.

and how much wealth does the top 1% own?

The middle class is shrinking. I don’t see why people who aren’t even close to this bracket are concerned about them paying the same tax rate as everyone else.

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