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by refurb 2995 days ago
Of course it wouldn't be unfair for one person earning 100% of all income to pay 100% of all taxes!

So let's see if that's happening...

Top 1% pay 40% of all taxes. How much of total income do they earn? Interesting, only 21%. Looks like they already take on a much higher burden than their income alone would suggest.

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What we need to look at is their net income after taxes, and there the 1% is still doing much better than the median taxpayer. If you look at the top 0.1% earners, it's obscene, let alone the 0.01%.