• alkbch@lemmy.mlOP
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    2 days ago

    You realize the rich would still be paying income taxes, as they make more than $150k… and they would be paying those sales taxes too.

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          2 hours ago

          Look at the distribution of income tax paid within that 1%. It catches the professionals getting salaries and commissions that exceed $400k/yr (that’s the approximate breakpoint for 99th percentile), but towards the high end of that 1%, most income is of non-salary origin (options and capital gains).