IIRC the _effective_ tax rates that the top 1% pay haven’t really varied much over the past half a century.. it’s always hovered around 30-40%: https://files.ta

IIRC the _effective_ tax rates that the top 1% pay haven’t really varied much over the past half a century.. it’s always hovered around 30-40%: https://files.taxfoundation.org/20170804133536/Average-Effective-Tax-Rate-on-the-Top-1-Percent-of-U.S.-Households.png https://files.taxfoundation.org/20170804133536/Average-Effec... Note I just grabbed the first google result, may be inaccurate / biased