[dmoy]

> The top 5% of taxpayers in the USA pay 61% of the taxes.

Only if you ignore the payroll tax.

For the median US worker, they pay ~15% in payroll tax, and significantly less in income tax. The median US worker makes $40k year, paying like $6k in payroll tax and like $2.8k in federal income tax.

So yes, if you ignore the majority of tax that the average worker pays, then the top 5% pay the majority of tax.