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Originally Posted by npwalters
Pure opinion on your part. The top 5% of earners pay 50% of all federal income tax.
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And that means what? The top 5% earned 10 times the wage of the average income, or $209,000/year or a net total of $45 billion dollars. The top 1% earned 20 times the average income earners.
Is there a point to this? I mean, we can. throw out statistics with no context all day long.
Wealth inequality is at a historic high in this country.