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Originally Posted by goof2
I could see this going another direction as well. The IRS sees lots of behavior they find "immoral", but not illegal. This leads to a big push to make that behavior illegal. The public will eat it up because it will be sold as a bunch of rich people who aren't "paying their fair share".
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Yeah, nevermind that the top 1% pays 40% of the taxes.
Percentiles Ranked by AGI
AGI Threshold on Percentiles
Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1%
$410,096
40.42
Top 5%
$160,041
60.63
Top 10%
$113,018
71.22
Top 25%
$66,532
86.59
Top 50%
$32,879
97.11
Bottom 50%
<$32,879
2.89