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The article does address this. It says "The share of tax paid by the top 20% of Americans also changes when such social-insurance levies are included: It drops
by ageek123 12y ago
The article does address this. It says "The share of tax paid by the top 20% of Americans also changes when such social-insurance levies are included: It drops from more than 80% of income taxes to about 67% of all federal taxes."
- mikeash 12y agoWhat about the large number of other taxes people pay? Note also that 67% is getting close to the proportion of total income commanded by the top 20%, and that's without including other regressive taxes.