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Re:USA Facts – Federal, state, and local data from governmen... by twoodfin on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @06:31PM (#14143624)
The quote says a specific group pays 51% of all tax revenue and says it's way too much. Well did they collect 51% of all income?

Probably not. Some quick Googling finds this analysis:

http://www.financialsamurai.com/how-much-money-do-the-top-in...

It uses different split points, but claims that the top 5% of earners make about 35% of the total AGI, but pay 59% of gross income taxes.

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Re:USA Facts – Federal, state, and local data from governmen... by dragonwriter on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @06:37PM (#14143649)
Of course, federal "income taxes" are less than 2/3 of total federal taxes on income.
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