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by twoodfin 2y ago
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For one thing, many plumbers do make it to the 1%: Trades are a profitable line of work for the industrious.
But the median 1%’er is paying 3-4X the effective rate of the overall median earner.
- CursedSilicon 2y agoSo if they're earning 50x as much, why are they only paying 3-4x the tax?
- WalterBright 2y ago>> is paying 3-4X the effective rate > why are they only paying 3-4x the tax? You have conflated the tax rate with the tax amount.