this debate is so complicated that you can easily take data to support any side of the argument for eg. the effective rates don't match up for the 80s but they

this debate is so complicated that you can easily take data to support any side of the argument for eg. the effective rates don't match up for the 80s but they do for the 90s. they also don't take into account capital gains, which is what most of the top 5, 1% etc. pay then if I was arguing the other side of the debat I would say that this data hasn't been normalized for purchasing power etc. etc. ad nauseam