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Liberal Economics be like (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] skelpie@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

False, the bottom 90% paid about 25% of income taxes (in the US at least). https://taxfoundation.org/publications/latest-federal-income-tax-data/

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

it's about the percentage of income paid, not the net sum

[–] skelpie@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, so what percentage of income do the various income brackets pay?

[–] itspcp@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Why don't you look it up?