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Re:Wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes, in... by missedthecue on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:49PM (#31033087)
The top 1% of earners make 20% of the income but pay 40% of federal income taxes. Can you tell me why that's not fair?
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Re:Wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes, in... by magicalist on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:58PM (#31033216)
The utility of a dollar is not constant.
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Re:Wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes, in... by missedthecue on Thursday April 14, 2022 @05:56PM (#31033808)
Great. What's fair?
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Re:Wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes, in... by hedora on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:58PM (#31033214)
The issue isn't with the top 1%. It's the top 0.01%, which make a big chunk of that 20% and pay almost nothing in tax.
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