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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by tanderson92 on Monday October 07, 2019 @12:22PM (#21182683)
From TFA:

> They have constructed a historical database that tracks the tax payments of households at different points along the income spectrum going back to 1913, when the federal income tax began.

It may be reading the book for the full detail on methods and results. I plan to.

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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by newen on Monday October 07, 2019 @12:27PM (#21182744)
I was saying that the reason the IRS would audit richer people more is because they would pay more taxes even though they might have lower tax rates.
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