The rich do pay most all the taxes collected. The data is there in black and white. Total federal taxes COLLECTED. The bottom 40% pay an average 5.1% of the federal tax bill (they pay negative income tax, but positive FICA).
The top 20% pay almost 70% of all federal personal taxes collected. It's only that low because of the SS cap. They pay over 85% of all personal income taxes COLLECTED. They pay almost 90% of corporate income taxes.
For the income tax, the top 10% pay over 72% of the taxes collected. The top 1% pays nearly 40% of all income taxes collected.
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