"Yes, high-income people pay the bulk of the federal income tax. But that’s not the only tax! And while the income tax is quite progressive, the payroll tax — the other major federal tax — isn’t; and state and local taxes are strongly regressive.
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Tax Lies Rule The Airwaves
Note how there is almost no progressivity built into the tax system at all:
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