, Louis Proyect wrote: > Speaking of debunking, are there any articles that take up the rightwing > claim that the top 3 percent of American taxpayers are responsible for > 46 percent of all the tax revenue? Not exactly sure of the figures but > this about right. Is there a way to put this into context?
I'm no tax guy, but I'd guess that it has a lot to do with (1) the fact that the number refers to the Federal income tax alone, even though the payroll tax and regressive state and local taxes have become much more important as sources of government revenues; and (2) the top 3% get a big (and growing) chunk of the taxable income. I'd like to know if this is an accurate picture. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
