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Originally posted by Ustwo
The top 50% of the wage earners pay 96.78% of the taxes collected.
The top 5% pays 53.25% of ALL taxes. Yes 5% of America pays for over 1/2 the tax.
This is why whines about 'fair share' are really assinine.
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This strikes me as totally fair, since the top 5% of America controls 57.4% of the wealth (at least in 1998):
http://tiger.berkeley.edu/sohrab/pol...ealthdist.html
Take a look at the distribution - the top 20% control more than 80% of the wealth. So quitcher whining about "fair."