What argument would you make that the wealthy get more benefit from government services? That's absurd. Who's getting the lion's share of these government services?
20% of our budget goes to Social Security with an average benefit of about $1100 per recipient.
21% of our budget goes to Medicare, Medicaid and Children's health insurance programs.
14% of our budget goes to "Safety Net Programs" other than the two above.
20% of our budget goes to Defense and Security
06% goes toward our national debt
07% goes to benefits for Federal Retirees and Veterans
03% to transportation infrastructure
03% to education
01% to international spending
04% to 'other'
Policy Basics: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go? — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Fifty-five cents out of every dollar a wealthy American pays in taxes goes directly into the pockets of less affluent Americans. How much more should they have to give away?
On the local level, wealthy Americans more than pay their share for their 100 x 200 lot with a house on it by paying five or six times the property taxes I do for my same-sized lot because they have chosen to build a McMansion on it. People should thank their lucky STARS for the amount of tax dollars wealthy people pump into our system. Without them, people would be starving/dying in the streets.
1) The elderly use their Social Security dollars to pay for products of businesses that the wealthy invest in. So what's the number of money they pay into SS as compared to the profit they get on products purchased from companies they own stock in?
2) Medicare and Medicaid provide medical services to the poor, who are employees in the business the wealthy own stock in. So the money the wealthy pay into Medicare and Medicaid should be compared to the money the companies they invest in spend on training and retention of employees.
Children are future employees at businesses the wealthiest own stock in, and therefore maintaining their well-being is an investment on the future wellness of the businesses they own a share in.
3) The wealthiest own stocks in companies that own physical assets in the U.S. and overseas. A strong military to protect trade routes and areas of commerce helps protect the goods that they trade on a global level. Without the protection of the military, the goods of the companies they own shares in are more likely to get hit by pirates and other criminal organizations.
4) Calculate that 6% the wealthiest pays into to reduce the national debt and compare it to the percentage of the national debt that is used to pay companies the wealthiest own stocks in.
5) The wealthiest own stocks in companies who hire employees who rely on federal services, such as transportation services. So compare the costs between what they pay in and how much their employees spend on utilizing government services.
Veterans is the above and point #3.
6) Without national transportation infrastructure, the employees of businesses the wealthiest own stock in will have a more difficult time getting to and from work. Also, companies the wealthiest own stock in profit off of the commerce of the shipping of goods via national transportation infrastructure.
7) Children, teenagers, and adults being educated are future employees to the businesses the wealthiest own stock in. By contributing to the education of their employees, the wealthiest contribute to the well-being of their business investments.
8) International spending is done to help stabilize other nations, which generally engages in trade and commerce with businesses that the wealthiest have invested in.
I haven't said anything bad or insulting about the wealthiest. I'm just stating ways in which they receive a greater benefit from government programs. Will the fire department get to their houses faster because they pay far more to fund it? No. But by paying more money to fund the fire department, they get respond better to a greater number of people who work for businesses they invest in, and the better those employees do the better the businesses do, which means the better their investments do. Which means they receive a greater indirect benefit.