Romney的水表是這個大選的話題。 富人不交稅是大多數普通人的印象。 實際情況呢。 上麵的表很清楚的說明了 the United States is actually more dependent on rich people to pay taxes than even many of the more socialized economies of Europe. According to the Tax Foundation, the United States gets 45 percent of its total taxes from the top 10 percent of tax filers, whereas the international average in industrialized nations is 32 percent. America’s rich carry a larger share of the tax burden than do the rich in Belgium (25 percent), Germany (31 percent), France (28 percent), and even Sweden (27 percent).
Read more: http://new*****usters.org/blogs/matt-vespa/2012/10/09/new-book-american-rich-pay-bigger-share-us-taxes-european-counterparts#ixzz29O5akek7
其實這個還不包括corparate tax., 如果這個算上, 美國人民更是靠富人過日子的。