Re:Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth: Ingrid Ro...
by defrost on Friday February 02, 2024 @10:24PM
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> and the bottom 50% of income earners as a whole pay under 3% of all federal income tax collected.
What percentage of annual cash flow in the USofA do they earn?
Is it more than 3%?
Re:Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth: Ingrid Ro...
by gottorf on Friday February 02, 2024 @10:37PM
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According to this source[0], the bottom 50% of income earners who paid 2.32% of all federal personal income taxes collected in 2020 comprised 10.18% of the share of income. So yes, it is more.
[0]: https://www.ntu.org/foundation/tax-page/who-pays-income-taxe...
Currently, over half of all federal personal income tax collected is paid by under 5% of taxpayers, and the bottom 50% of income earners as a whole pay under 3% of all federal income tax collected.