I would love to see the tails of this distribution. My bet is that the top 20-2% of earners pay almost all of this 84% of income tax (adjusted for income), and

I would love to see the tails of this distribution. My bet is that the top 20-2% of earners pay almost all of this 84% of income tax (adjusted for income), and the the "real money", that is, the last 2%, pay a vastly diminishing percentage of their income in tax. I suspect obfuscation: trying to give a free pass to the mega rich 2% by amalgamating them into the successful and hard working upper middle classes who are being soaked on both ends.