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Re:Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 by ericd on Saturday April 07, 2018 @06:25PM (#16783367)
Unless I'm reading your source wrong, it looks like it says that the top 10% pays 50% of taxes?

I feel like I should make it clear that my personal opinion is that top marginal tax rates should be much higher than they are, especially on capital gains, but I don't think it's fair to say that the working class is paying all the taxes, given the breakdown.

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Re:Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 by mikeash on Saturday April 07, 2018 @07:24PM (#16783649)
Almost 50%. Add in the next 10% and you get a majority, but not a huge one.
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Re:Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 by ericd on Sunday April 08, 2018 @02:07AM (#16784854)
49.8%, I think we can call that 50%.
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