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Old 01-09-2004, 12:29 PM  
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Originally posted by NetRodent


There's a difference between lying and exaggerating.

Here's a somewhat out dated link from the Congressional Budget Office talking about tax burden:

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index...m=0&sequence=0

Here's a nice analysis of it:
http://www.allegromedia.com/sugi/taxes/

Put very simplistically the top 5% paid about 50% of income taxes in 1999, up from 38% of income taxes in 1977.
um, yeah. I hit the "9" by accident and went to lunch. I know its 50% (although sometimes it feels like 90%)
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