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Bottom half of the population pays ~zero taxes.

• quesera 1y ago
  ~Zero income taxes only. Full sales and gasoline taxes, and relative to income, disproportionately more.
  • abletonlive 1y ago
    Okay? So still effectively zero. The top 20% do the overwhelming amount of the shopping.
    • quesera 1y ago
      Are you asking for an explanation of why a consumption tax disproportionately affects citizens with lower incomes?
  • pb7 1y ago
    >Given that the lower and middle classes pay a disproportionate amount of income tax >Bottom half of the population pays ~zero taxes. ?