> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:03 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Kerry's record in Senate
>
> Also, here is other information from the website you sent out:
>
>
>
> Proportionately, the top-earning 25 percent of taxpayers earned more
> than 65
> percent of the nation's income and paid more than three out of every
> four
> dollars collected by the federal income tax (77%) in 2001. There were
> 32.2
> million tax returns in the top 25 percent, all with adjusted gross incomes
> (AGI) over $56,085.
>
> At the other end of the income spectrum, the bottom 50 percent of the
> nation's taxpayers (everyone whose adjusted gross income was under
> $28,528)
> earned more and paid less. Total income for this group rose from $834
> billion to $861 billion. That was up from 13.0 percent of all income in
2000
> to 13.8 percent in 2001. Despite income growth, the bottom 50 percent's
> average tax rate fell from 4.6 percent to 4.1.
>
>
>
> So, under Bush, the Rich made less and paid more, and the bottom 50%
> made
> more but paid less.
>
>
>
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>
> From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:37 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Kerry's record in Senate
>
>
>
> ok Sam here's my source. They've got a nice little table that lists it
all
> sorts of ways.
>
> http://www.taxfoundation.org/prtopincometable.html#TotalAdjustedGro
> ss
>
> I'm not sure what you're getting at because according to your numbers,
> the
> bottom 50% only make 13.81% of all income, so how does that refute my
> statement?
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