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Factor in the various impacts of Social Security taxes, property taxes, state taxes, and sales taxes among different incomes groups, and you might have yourself some worthwhile analysis.
As it is, though, bottom-earners pay more social security tax than they do income tax in the first place.
The top 10% of the earners should pay 110% of the income tax.
This is why that top 10% better look out. Populism is an easy drum to beat.
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