U.S. Middle Class nearly gone

[BenSkywalker]

Of course the self employed person will be able to write a bunch of stuff off and pay less tax! It's that way everywhere!

No, it isn't like that everywhere. Your country is dropping the tax *rate* on people filing that way from 11% to 9%- that's what they are paying on their profits. Forget write offs, they are paying *half* the *rate* that the working poor are, and personally I don't consider that the most extreme right wing thing you are doing with your tax rate.

Multi billion dollar corporations in Canada are paying a 15% tax rate- in the US that number is 39%- well over *double* and certainly a *much* higher percentage than the working poor.

For people who work for regular employers, we have a far more progressive taxation system than what you guys have in the USA.

Actually, you have a regressive system for the true wealth in your country. The multi billion dollar corporations pay less in taxes than the working poor- that is disgusting. They ship those good middle class jobs overseas, your government thanks them by letting them keep more of their money. But, you are parroting the class warfare your ideological camp feeds you to keep you happy with it.

$45,000
$200,000
$2,000,000,000

And the lowest number pays the highest percentage. No, in the US that doesn't happen.

http://fortune.com/2014/11/21/the-five-c...tax-rates/

The true wealth, the people responsible for the shrinking middle class, is being supported by your attitude which is the same as most who identify as 'progressive'. Focus on the guy making slightly more than you and ignore the company that is actively killing the middle class.

For the record, due to the way your country works, Rollo and I could form a "business" swap from salary employees of a corporation to contract workers and immediately end up with ~20% more money in our pockets. Stop focusing on people with slightly more money then you, focus on where the real problem is. Yes, you will no longer be considered 'progressive'- you would fall under the category of 'conscious'.