Tex wrote:
On Jun 28, 1:58 am, D Peter Maus wrote:

The top 1% pay over a third, 34.27% of all income taxes. (Up from
2003: 33.71%)

The top 5% pay 54.36% of all income taxes (Up from 2002: 53.80%).

The top 10% pay 65.84% (Up from 2002: 65.73%).

The top 25% pay 83.88% (Down from 2002: 83.90%).

The top 50% pay 96.54% (Up from 2002: 96.50%).

The bottom 50%? They pay a paltry 3.46% of all income taxes (Down
from 2002: 3.50%).

The top 1% is paying nearly ten times the federal income taxes than
the bottom 50%!

Those are smoke and mirror figures put forth to placate the public.


Those are figures released by the IRS. IRS isn't there to placate
anyone.