[jprete]

People on low incomes often pay very little tax, maybe 10-12%? There are good reasons for saying that the poor have an unreasonably hard time, but I don’t think income taxes are specifically where they get hit.

The people who I think pay the highest percentage are salaried professionals.

[pasttense01]

You get those low kinds of numbers for low income looking only at income taxes. You need to add Social Security/Medicare taxes (both employee and employer), sales taxes, property taxes, gasoline taxes, car registration fees, alcohol and cigarette taxes, etc.