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tater · 11-05-10, 02:05 PM

Amount paid. Not effective rate. The % of taxes collected.

As I said, the rates are entirely meaningless. % amount collected, ideally as a function of GDP.

Nice lie on the charts, BTW, the CBO and IRS don't track the top 400 families. They show quintile stats. Some stats are also available for top 10%, 1%, etc. That is "reduced" data by some partisans. Or by all means, link to the images in a CBO doc from their page.

I mentioned effective rates to the reflexive goon because he seems to tie marginal rates to what anyone actually pays without any thought. Proportion is clearly all that matters.

<EDIT> I will correct myself, looks like the IRS recently added the top 400, probably because they were told to do so by the admin to know who we are supposed to demonize. They never had in the past. Maybe they could add a grpah for deadbeats at the bottom.

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tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Amount paid. Not effective rate. The % of taxes collected. As I said, the rates are entirely meaningless. % amount collected, ideally as a function of GDP. Nice lie on the charts, BTW, the CBO and IRS don't track the top 400 families. They show quintile stats. Some stats are also available for top 10%, 1%, etc. That is "reduced" data by some partisans. Or by all means, link to the images in a CBO doc from their page. I mentioned effective rates to the reflexive goon because he seems to tie marginal rates to what anyone actually pays without any thought. Proportion is clearly all that matters. <EDIT> I will correct myself, looks like the IRS recently added the top 400, probably because they were told to do so by the admin to know who we are supposed to demonize. They never had in the past. Maybe they could add a grpah for deadbeats at the bottom. Last edited by tater; 11-05-10 at 02:18 PM.