Thread: Trickle Down Economics Has Failed Us.....

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

I can't find the amount of tax collected in 2004. Death, if you can get the data for another year, I'll be happy to re-crunch the numbers. So far, 2004's numbers don't look like they'll be significantly different, unless the amount collected was much, much lower.

146842 at working age
59.7% of working age employed U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

1,031.512 in millions for 2004
The Tax Foundation - Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data

I've been baking in the sun all day so correct me if im wrong because im actually having a hard time with this at the moment. That is 1 trillion it starts with correct? I think im gonna wait to do anything else until i get my head straight.

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

1,031.512 in millions for 2004
The Tax Foundation - Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data

I've been baking in the sun all day so correct me if im wrong because im actually having a hard time with this at the moment. That is 1 trillion it starts with correct? I think im gonna wait to do anything else until i get my head straight.

Thanks Death, though that matches 2008's number exactly.

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

Thanks Death, though that matches 2008's number exactly.

I didnt notice.

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

I didnt notice.

I mean, I don't think that those are 2004's numbers, I think that they're 2008's.