Gene Wolfe's Politics

brunians at brunians.org · 28 Mar 2009, 03:40 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:40:55 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe's Politics
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Not that class warriors were ever swayed by facts, but from
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percentage_of_federal_income_tax_is_paid_by_the_wealthy:

Some quick statistics: The top 1% of earners pay 21.20% of all taxes paid
at an average rate of 24%, the top 2 - 5% of earners pay 14.55% of all
taxes at an average of 18% (Top 5% pay @36% of all tax) The bottom 50% pay
3% of all tax collected at an average rate of 2.98%.

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