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title: "Timeline photos People on the left like to complain that the rich…"
date: 2021-06-26
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added a new photo.
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# Timeline photos People on the left like to complain that the rich…

*June 26, 2021 · Facebook*

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People on the left like to complain that the rich aren\'t paying their \"fair\" share of taxes. Here\'s a chart from a progressive think tank that shows how much total taxes people pay at each quintile pay, relative to their total income.\
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If you think the rich should pay more taxes, what do you think the chart \_should\_ look like? How much more must the rich pay before you would agree they\'ve paid their \"fair\" share?\
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\"The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP, a progressive Washington, D.C. think tank, \[studies how much people pay in total taxes\] in detail. Each year, they publish a report called "Who Pays Taxes in America?"\
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This graph is taken from their latest edition and is a projection for 2019.\
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What this shows is that, when you take all U.S. taxes into account --- federal income taxes, federal payroll taxes, federal corporate taxes, the federal estate tax, federal excise taxes, and the plethora of state and local taxes --- the U.S. tax system is just mildly progressive.\"\
[https://theintercept.com/2019/04/13/tax-day-taxes-statistics/](https://theintercept.com/2019/04/13/tax-day-taxes-statistics/){target="_blank"}
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