// The top 10% of people pay 75% // 75% of what? Income tax? Very misleading--there is more than one way to make money, and those in the top 10% are probably

// The top 10% of people pay 75% // 75% of what? Income tax? Very misleading--there is more than one way to make money, and those in the top 10% are probably not making most of their money via income. Warren Buffet famously said his secretary has a higher tax rate than he does. // I wonder how that perception problem can be tackled? // The best way would be an even distribution of wealth. The top 1% own half. The other 99% share the other half. You can quote any statistic you'd like, but when 1% own half, the other 99% are not going to think they have a perception problem.