If the ‘Occupiers’ took a few minutes to read

With all of the time that the Occupy protesters have spent, well, occupying, I wonder how many have spent the time reading the IRS statistics about tax payers. Most of the protest signs I read tell me that no one cares to look for the truth.  Specifically about these 1% that have so much money that it is just unfair to everyone else.

The IRS numbers above don’t lie.

• The average ALL taxpayers pay is 12.24%
• The average the top 1% pays is 23.27%
• The top 1% pay 38% of all of our taxes
• The BOTTOM 50% of income earners pay just 2.59% of their income to taxes

Now, with this being said. Yes, there are corrupt awful people in big business positions. On the other side there are are murdering gang member low-lifes with no jobs. In between, and the vast majority of this country, are hard working Americans who understand that working and living in American is a privilege. If we can all start with that understanding we would get a lot further in our discussions. Heck, maybe we could even remind our government that they work for us and that they are overspending and mismanaging our government. That too, wouldn’t be a bad place to begin.