“The top 20% pay 87% of [federal income tax]” is only a meaningful statement in context of percentage of income they make. What’s that number? OTOH the top 400

“The top 20% pay 87% of [federal income tax]” is only a meaningful statement in context of percentage of income they make. What’s that number? OTOH the top 400 households in the US paid a lower tax rate than any other group who owed anything last year: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/incom...