On 06 Oct 2022, Jeff Thiele said the following...
 
 JT> On 06 Oct 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
 JT>  GD> JT> That the poor pay a disproportionate share of taxes in this count
 JT>  GD> JT> another problem that needs to be addressed. 
 JT>  GD> Right..... based on Kamala said
 JT>  GD> "based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality, but we al
 JT>  GD> need to fight for equity"
 JT>  GD> If your out of work with no money, what taxes would they pay? 
 JT> 
 JT> Being "out of work with no money" is just one example of being poor, and
 JT> certainly not the only one. A farmer who worked all season only to see
 JT> some of his crop fail for reasons beyond his control could also be
 JT> considered poor, as could someone working a minimum-wage job to support
 JT> a family. In fact, most people on public assistance do have jobs.

A greater amount of people on public assistance are jobless. 
This I have seen within my former job for the ACP Affordable Connectivity
Program. As proof of wages was required or having the association with a
selected Federal Program. I can tell you from personal experience most of these
individuals had no employment. I spoke to "consumers" from all over the U.S. It
was the states of Michigan, Ohio and Alabama that seemed to have the greatest
disparity and the highest poverty.

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