Originally Posted by marketsmart

if you are a top 1% earner and above...

would you be willing to pay more taxes if there was solid reform in all govt spending, including the military?

would you be willing to pay more taxes if both private individuals and corporations were willing to step up to the plate and contribute more?

would you be willing to pay more taxes while the middle class and poor paid the same tax rate if it could be shown that doing so would contribute to more spending on goods by those classes and that the spending would trickle up to corporations and top individuals therefore increasing revenue and net profit?