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Re:Majority of Americans favor wealth tax on very rich: poll by nostromo on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:26PM (#22013483)
Tax rules and deductions have changed over the years. Almost nobody paid the top rate and effective tax burdens for the rich have been more or less flat for decades:

https://i.imgur.com/uWl8vsp.png

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Re:Majority of Americans favor wealth tax on very rich: poll by skitout on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:31PM (#22013579)
Top 1% of the population is for example your dentist... Where the situation really changed is more about the top 0.1%
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