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I'm confused what you're getting at. First you say 40% income tax isn't a thing for the wealthy then you refute that this person who pays 40% income tax isn't wealthy? Their response was to say that they aren't part of the upper class, who we're saying are those who have enough wealth to protect most of their income from taxation

You might as well make yourself clearer & instead of saying the wealthy don't pay 40% taxes, just straight up say "dgildeh, you're a liar, you don't pay that much in taxes, post your tax records to prove yourself"