You predict, in America in 2018, the top 1% paid ____ of all federal income taxes
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Quick googling seems to be saying it's closer to 40% but not sure if they're talking about the same numbers
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Depends if they took that years money home or put it back into their businesses/investments
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The people voting 31%+ actually know facts while the people voting <10% are just living in their self-indulgent fairy land where socialism is the magical elixir to all that ails us.
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Complicated answer. The top 1% of earners likely paid at least 25% of FIT, but that doesn't account for capital gains taxes, property taxes, or sales taxes collected by their businesses. My guess is that the 1% earners generate more than half of the Fed's yearly tax revenue.
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The 1% has lots of regular lawyers/doctors/engineers in there who pay their fair share of taxes. The top 0.1% though. Different rules for capital
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It's an interesting question, but one that's easily misjudged if *read too quickly* - It's far too specific.