[twoodfin]

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/18/who-pays-...

For one thing, many plumbers do make it to the 1%: Trades are a profitable line of work for the industrious.

But the median 1%’er is paying 3-4X the effective rate of the overall median earner.

[CursedSilicon]

So if they're earning 50x as much, why are they only paying 3-4x the tax?

[WalterBright]

>> is paying 3-4X the effective rate > why are they only paying 3-4x the tax?

You have conflated the tax rate with the tax amount.