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William, I think you're commenting on the wrong article. The incident you are referring to happened on September 25th. This article is abotu a different incident that happened on December 13th.

So robwhitetrash, where did you get your figures from? You claim that "Since the top 1 percent control %85 percent of the wealth in this country, they...should be paying %85 of the taxes"

But your 85% figure is completely fictional.

Depending on what source you want to use the actual number is somewhere between 32.4% (CBO) and 38.7% (WSJ) [NYT split the difference at 34%)

Please troll elsewhere (or feel free to reply and provide an actual source for your data)

Hey Sun Jon, a few more facts for your list:

According to the CBO, the top 1 percent paid 27.6 percent of all federal taxes, including:

38.8 percent of federal individual income taxes

4.0 percent of federal social insurance taxes (Social Security and Medicare)

58.6 percent of corporate income taxes (indirectly, through stock ownership)

5.5 percent of federal excise taxes (on such things as gasoline, tobacco, alcoholic beverages and telephones.)

The top 1% are paying more of the total federal taxes (almost 28%) than anytime in the last 40 years.

So in every category the top 1% are already paying far more thgan their proportionate share (24% of incomve -vs- 38.8% of income taxes, etc.)

Tell us, what percentage do you feel is appropriate for them to pay? 80%? 90%? 100%?

@bghs - your statement "...there has never been any evidence the the death penalty would actually make it any less likely that you would become a victim." has got to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Wishful thinking at it's worst.

Numerous studies have shown that someone who has killed before is more likely to kill again than someone who has never killed. Every killer executed is guaranteed to never kill again. End of story.

Of course if you'd like to let all of those convicted killers stay at your place (because you think they pose no further threat to anyone) then by all means, let's get you set up as a halfway house for repentant killers.

@bghs - Yes, I believe that one innocent having to die in order to get 99 killers removed from society is acceptable.

@geezlouuise - Please provide actual backing for your ridiculous claim that 15% of all people in prison are innocent. The actual statistics are far different from your claims.