The Obamanation

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Not really. The facts are quite clear. A minority of income earners pay the majority of income tax.

Top income earners (top 2 percent) definitely pay the greatest share of the total federal income taxes (as they should, IMO), but its no where near paying the majority of total federal income taxes (over 50% of the total). Its true the top half of income earners probably pay more than 90% of the total.

Those same top income earners (the top 2%) also consistently see the greatest percentage rise in their income on an annual basis.