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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (111704)2/26/2008 3:32:37 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 132070
 
From the most recent IRS Data (2005):

Taxpayer        Average %     Share of Total
AGI Brackets   of AGI Paid  Income Taxes Paid  
Top 1%             23.13%            39.38%
Top 5%             20.78%            59.67%
Top 10%            18.84%            70.30%
Top 25%            15.86%            85.99%
Top 50%            13.84%            96.93%
Bottom 50%          2.98%             3.07%


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(Most recent as of that post, they probably have 2006 data now.)

Whether or not the "uber rich" "pay there share", it seems the top 1% clearly do.
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