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"One analysis of tax burdens relative to income suggests that in ten US states the percentage of income spent on taxes by low-income people is six times greater
by wizofaus 4y ago
"One analysis of tax burdens relative to income suggests that in ten US states the percentage of income spent on taxes by low-income people is six times greater than that paid by the wealthy"
The footnote is to a study at https://itep.org/whopays/ https://itep.org/whopays/ - is this a reputable study? If so the findings seem like something people should be objecting to in the strongest terms possible - I'd be horrified if it were true in Australia. But at the highest level it seems to contradict the usual numbers you see floated around where the wealthiest X% pay Y% of all taxes (where X is considerably less than Y).