[johngladtj]

If it's anything like other countries, then they make substantially less than what a proportional taxation would imply.

In the us for example the top 1% pay 6 times the taxes than the bottom 50% on a dollar for dollar basis

[Quarrelsome]

unless you supply the raw figures as well, it remains a sleight of hand.

Let me put this another way; anyone in the 99% would happily swap income with the 1% and then pay twice as much tax on that income than the current 1% do.

[lsaferite]

I find any conversation about the "1%" that centers around discussions of % paid in anything to be highly amusing/sad. Talk in absolute dollars and see how things turn out.