No, John, my figures were only to make the point that, whatever percentage of the total federal "take" they pay, the rich still have plenty left over to live a pleasant! life.

I'd be the first to agree that we need to get our government spending under control, but I wish the Republicans would quit acting as if the bankers and oil execs are going to be standing on street corners selling pencils if we increase their taxes whatever amount.

And, although I gave FICA and Medicare amounts in my examples, the percentages of income I mentioned were calculated only on their respective income taxes.

And, yes, I do resent the fact that execs who've largely been shown to be absolute failures over the past few years have continued to receive ever higher salaries and bonuses, while employees at the lower end of the income spectrum are asked to make ever larger concessions.

But all this is thread drift. I really don't know whether the figures in the Senate Resolution are accurate or not. But I doubt that the the reason all the Repubs voted against it was because they didn't believe the percentages were right.