Can't get that image from the download but you can see it at this link. http://www.heritage.org/budgetchartbook/top10-percent-income-earners It shows the only group paying more taxes as a percent of the total since 1980 are the top 5% of wage earners with the top 1% of wage earners feeling the brunt of the increases. Those in the lower tax brackets have seen their income tax liabilities drop like a rock.
Me neither. I'm a small business owner. I make moonshine. In fact I head the local 'Moonshiners for Ron Paul"
So you're a liar? That's even worse. It's not the "story", it's that you arrogantly presume to know what we tax payers should be paying when you pay little or nothing. I thought we covered this already. Have you no intellectual honesty/integrity whatsoever?
In 1980 the average after-tax income was around 48000. In 2007 it was around 76000. During the same period the top 5% went from 170k to 440k and the top 1% went from 346k to 1319k. During the same period the top 1% went from controlling 30% of the nation's wealth to now controlling 40%. Can you say oligarchy? http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/tax/2010/average_after-tax_income.pdf
It's called inflation you dimwit. The people at the top own assets. The people at the bottom have debt. Assets inflate. If you want to stop that that disparity, tell your f*cking Keynesian friends on the left to stop printing money and the problem will be resolved.