>>>See pages 22-30 for : The Tax Burden and Who Bears It
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http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11976/2010-12-02_IncomeTax_chartbook.pdf>
>Exhibit 14 is interesting: what
quartile are you in and how little tax do you apparently pay? ;-)
I've been in all five. ;) I've been in each of the top 3 in the last 5 years.
>Compare to Exhibit 4 to see what others had to endure for years after WWII. Perhaps we should go back to that to help balance the books?
>
>;-)
That won't work.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=205.
Be the top rate 94% or 28%, revenue/gdp comes in around 18%.
For further info, see Laffer Curve
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