What to make of this? Tax burdens

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 9 09:11:42 PDT 2002


Kevin Robert Dean wrote:


>What do we make of this as compared to the Citizens
>for Tax Justice findings? Who is right?
>
>Tax Burden Falls on the Wealthy
>Tue Apr 9, 2:08 AM ET
>By CURT ANDERSON, AP Tax Writer

Of course rich people pay more taxes than poor and middle-income people. They make more money. Beware of any analysis that says the richest x% pay y% of all taxes - they usually forget to point out that they have z% of the income.


>"It's very easy to move into the top echelon of
>taxpayers," Hodge said.

Right. In Hodge's world, almost anyone can be in the top 5%!

Doug



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