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The top 20% of earners pay 87% of the tax burden. Is there something unreasonable about that amount?



They also own around 85% of the wealth so that should be the bare minimum they pay.

They should probably pay more since additional wealth has less value the richer you are (Someone earning $40,000/yr paying $10,000/yr more in tax is catastrophic, for someone earning $200,000/yr it's not)




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