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What a nonsense article. I expect better from HN, frankly. It's not as though the wealthy aren't paying their fair share. Breaking down the amount of total fed
by kazoolist 16y ago
What a nonsense article. I expect better from HN, frankly.
It's not as though the wealthy aren't paying their fair share. Breaking down the amount of total federal income taxes by income bracket:
The bottom 40% of tax payers paid less than 5%.
The next 40% paid about 25%.
The next 9% paid about another 30%.
And the top 1% paid the remaining 40%.
Furthermore, returning to 90% tax rates for top earners is going to do a lot more harm to the economy by taking away the wealthy's incentives to work and invest than supposed (and I think dubious) speculation-driven-price-increases.