“But countless studies, from the IRS to economic think tanks, show that this isn’t true. Wealthier Americans pay the lion’s share of tax revenues. The richest 1 percent, for example, pays nearly 24 percent of the taxes, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.”
April 25, 2016
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